Angelo Xuereb, Chairman of AX Holdings, has won the second edition of EY's Malta Entrepreneur of the Year^TM award. This June, Angelo Xuereb shall travel to Monaco representing Malta to compete in EY's World Entrepreneur of the Year^TM award together with business leaders from more than 60 countries. Previous winners in Monaco have included trail-blazing entrepreneurs from a wide range of enterprises such as Amazon, Cirque du Soleil and LinkedIn.

Shane Hunter from AquaBioTech Group won this year's EY's Rising Star award and he shall also be attending the Monaco event in June.

Ronald Attard, EY Malta's Managing Partner said: "For the second year running, EY's Malta Entrepreneur of the Year^TM award has attracted some exceptionally strong nominations from very different sectors. This further highlights the diversity that does exist in Malta's economy, something we should all be proud of, and continue to nurture. While congratulating Mr Xuereb and Mr Hunter on their awards, I would like to once again thank all the participants, and the independent panel of judges, who have contributed to making this event a success once again."

Apart from the winners, the other short listed finalists were Matthew Borg from Studio Moda Group, Zak Borg and Benji Borg from ANCHOVY., David Felice, David Drago and Konrad Buhagiar from Architecture Project, Alex Mifsud from Ixaris, Frank Salt from Frank Salt Real Estate, Joseph Sultana and Dr John Abela from Ascent Software, and Marlon Grech from Thynk Software.

EY has been holding the Entrepreneur of the Year^TM awards on a global basis for three decades. Now spread to more than 60 countries, they have created a global network of 50,000 entrepreneurs and are the global benchmark for capturing today's and tomorrow's entrepreneurial spirit. Over half of today's top 100 NASDAQ companies have won EY's Entrepreneur of the Year award, and most received the award before they achieved top 100 status.