2026 Entrepreneur of the Year - Steve Grantham Jr

The 2026 Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Reception.

Every year the business school selects one business or entrepreneur to recognize as the Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year.  The winners are nominated by the community and selected by the Dean of the School of Business Administration.  The past winners are:

• 2025    Charles ‘Doug’ Wilson

• 2024    Blake Dubinski

• 2023    Liza Cirlot Looser

• 2022    Lois Lovelady-Rayburn

• 2020    Mac Haik

• 2019     Edith Kelly-Green

• 2018     Gail Pittman

• 2017     Hunter Carpenter
• 2016     William Yates
• 2015     Clark Love
• 2014     Dr. Henry Jones, II
• 2013     Matt Hedges
• 2012     Stephen Johnston 
• 2011     Drs. Robert Dorsey, John Johnson, Bill Rayburn, and Dennis Tosh
• 2010    Jan & Lawrence Farrington