EY Announces Zeb Evans of ClickUp as Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 San Diego Award Winner
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 6, 2021 – ClickUp, the all-in-one workplace productivity platform, today announced that ClickUp CEO and Founder, Zeb Evans, was named the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Pacific Southwest – San Diego Award winner. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program is one of the preeminent competitive awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. The award recognizes those who are unstoppable entrepreneurial leaders, excelling in talent management; degree of difficulty; financial performance; societal impact and building a values-based company; and originality, innovation and future plans. Zeb Evans was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was announced during the program’s virtual awards gala on August 5.
“Being named as the EY Entrepreneur of the Year for San Diego is a huge honor and a testament to all the hard work the entire team at ClickUp has put in to help make us the most innovative productivity platform in the world today,” said Zeb. “I could not be more thankful to everyone who has helped me along my entrepreneurial journey, and to the judges and team at EY for selecting me as the San Diego winner!”
Zeb Evans founded ClickUp in 2017 with CTO Alex Yurkowski, and has since grown the company to the billion dollar company it is today. With a fully customizable platform that brings all work into one place for every team across an organization, ClickUp helps teams of 2 to 20,000, including teams at Google, Uber and the San Diego Padres, save time and improve productivity across the board. This award is the latest testament to the vision and growth of ClickUp and CEO Zeb Evans, and to the important role productivity software is playing in the future of work.
For 35 years, EY US has honored entrepreneurs whose ambition, courage and ingenuity have driven their companies’ success, transformed their industries and made a positive impact on their communities. Zeb will go on to become a lifetime member of the esteemed multi-industry community of award winners, with exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and wisdom of fellow alumni and other ecosystem members in over 60 countries — all supported by vast EY resources.
As a Pacific Southwest – San Diego award winner, Zeb is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 National Awards. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced in November at the Strategic Growth Forum®, one of the nation’s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies.
To learn more about Zeb Evans and ClickUp, please visit www.clickup.com.
About ClickUp
ClickUp is the only all-in-one customizable workplace productivity platform that services all departments across an organization. While teams deal with too many tools to keep track of, within entirely separate ecosystems, ClickUp frees teams of 2 to 20,000 from inefficiency and wasting time by simply replacing or integrating with all workplace applications on one seamless platform. Founded in 2017 and based in San Diego, ClickUp’s mission is to make the world more productive. Since its inception, ClickUp has helped more than 300,000 teams and millions of employees lead a more productive life and save at least one day every week. To learn more, visit ClickUp.com.
About Entrepreneur Of The Year®
Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world’s most prestigious business awards program for unstoppable entrepreneurs. These visionary leaders deliver innovation, growth and prosperity that transform our world. The program engages entrepreneurs with insights and experiences that foster growth. It connects them with their peers to strengthen entrepreneurship around the world. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the first and only truly global awards program of its kind. It celebrates entrepreneurs through regional and national awards programs in more than 145 cities in over 60 countries. National overall winners go on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ title. ey.com/us/eoy
About EY
EY exists to build a better working world, helping create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today. EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available via ey.com/privacy. EY member firms do not practice law where prohibited by local laws. For more information about our organization, please visit ey.com.
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