Area CEOs receive top awards

Top 100

Fort Worth Business presented its Top 100 awards on Wednesday Aug. 19 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. The event was sponsored by Community Trust Bank.

Top 100 honorees:

CEO of the Year – Private Company – Greg Bird, CEO of Jetta Operating Company.

CEO of the Year – Public Company – Dennis Knautz, CEO of Ace Brick Co.

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CEO of the Year – Nonprofit – Wayne Carson, CEO of ACH Child and Family Services

CEO of the Year – Entrepreneur – George Robertson, E-Mist Innovations

CEO of the Year – Rising Star – Clay Franklin, CEO of Plaza Hospital

Other honorees:

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Family-owned business – Renfro Foods

Women-owned business – Gina Puente, Puente Enterprises Inc.

Entering the Top 10 – Hiley Automotive Group.

Fastest Rising – ReCept Pharmacy

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Industry Category Honorees:

Engineering/Architecture: Dunaway Associates LP

Automotive: General Motors Arlington

Financial Services: First Command Financial Services

Manufacturing: Summit Casing Equipment

Real Estate: Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, John Zimmerman

Energy: Emerge Energy Services

Retail: GameStop Corp.

Full stories on the honorees will be available in the Aug. 24 edition of Fort Worth Business.

To request a copy, contact Lauren Vay at lvay@bizpress.net