EY US announces Joel Montaniel of SevenRooms as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 New York Award winner

NEW YORK (June 26, 2025) – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Joel Montaniel, CEO & Co-Founder of SevenRooms, was named an Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 New York Award winner. Entrepreneur of the Year is the preeminent competitive awards program for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. For 40 years, EY US has celebrated ambitious entrepreneurs who are transforming industries, impacting communities and creating long-term value.

Montaniel was chosen by an independent panel of past winners, top CEOs and business leaders. Judges assessed candidates on long-term value creation, entrepreneurial spirit, purpose-driven commitment and significant growth and impact.

As a New York award winner, Montaniel is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 National Awards. The National Award winners, including 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. The Entrepreneur of the Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year™ Award in June 2026.  

Entrepreneur of the Year recognizes many different types of business leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit. The program celebrates original founders who bootstrapped their business from inception or who raised outside capital to grow their company; transformational CEOs who infused innovation into an existing organization to catapult its trajectory; and multigenerational family business leaders who reimagined a legacy business model to strengthen it for the future. 

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Sponsors

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, Cresa, LLC, Marsh USA, and SAP. In New York, sponsors also include regional Platinum sponsor Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), and regional Gold sponsors, ADP and DLA Piper.

About Entrepreneur of the Year          

Founded in 1986, Entrepreneur of the Year has celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious visionaries who are leading successful, dynamic businesses in the US, and it has since expanded to nearly 60 countries globally.

The US program consists of 17 regional programs whose panels of independent judges select the regional award winners every June. Those winners compete for national recognition at the Strategic Growth Forum® in November where National finalists and award winners are announced. The overall National winner represents the US at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year™ competition. Visit ey.com/us/eoy.

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About SevenRooms

SevenRooms is a CRM, marketing and operations platform for growing restaurants in the hospitality industry. From Michelin star gems to local favorites, the all-in-one platform helps restaurants increase sales, delight guests and keep them coming back, automatically. The full suite of products includes reservations, waitlist and table management, review aggregation, revenue management, referrals, email and text marketing and marketing automation. Founded in 2011, SevenRooms has more than 13,000 dining, hotel F&B, nightlife and entertainment venues globally, including: Marriott International, MGM Resorts International, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Wynn Resorts, Jumeirah Group, Hard Rock Hotels & Resorts, Atlantis Resorts, Dorchester Collection, Rosewood Hotel Group, Wolfgang Puck, Michael Mina, Union Square Hospitality Group, Australian Venue Co., Merivale, Harrods, Fortnum & Mason, JKS Restaurants, The Madera Group, NoHo Hospitality, Nobu Restaurants, Black Sheep Restaurant Group, The Wolseley Hospitality Group, Dishoom, Groot Hospitality and Live Nation.

SevenRooms Media Contact

Bianca Esmond

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