{"id":43912,"date":"2022-05-09T09:35:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T09:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clone4.10pearls.com\/?p=43912"},"modified":"2026-07-31T07:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:41:52","slug":"ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"10Pearls\u2019 Imran Aftab named EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"10Pearls-CEO\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Celebrating ambitious pioneers tackling our biggest challenges<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Ernst & Young announced that Imran Aftab, Co-founder and CEO of 10Pearls was named an Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae 2022 Mid-Atlantic Award finalist. Entrepreneur of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies who think big to succeed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Imran Aftab was selected by a panel of independent judges according to the following criteria \u2013 entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact \u2013 among other core contributions and attributes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\"What an incredible privilege it is to be named as a finalist along the Mid-Atlantic\u2019s most prominent entrepreneurs. As I think back on the past 17 years, I am so proud of our team for maintaining our culture and our values, even while experiencing rapid growth. With over 1300 employees now, we are able to scale digital transformation at a different pace than we ever have before, and that is so exciting. I am so grateful to be recognized by EY as we continue our path to balance people, profits and progress to help build a company that can truly change the world.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImran Aftab, CEO at 10Pearls<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Regional award winners will be announced on June 29, 2022. The regional winners will then be considered by the National independent judging panel, and National awards will be presented in November at the Strategic Growth Forum\u00ae, one of the nation\u2019s 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\u2122 Award in June 2023.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

For over 35 years, EY US has celebrated the unstoppable entrepreneurs who are building a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous world for all. The Entrepreneur of The Year program has recognized more than 10,000 US executives since its inception in 1986. Entrepreneur of The Year Award winners have exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and wisdom of fellow alumni and other members of the entrepreneurial community in over 60 countries \u2014 all supported by vast EY resources.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Read the full press release here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EY announces 10Pearls CEO and co-founder Imran Aftab as an Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae 2022 Mid-Atlantic Award Finalist by a panel of independent judges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":44049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[4556],"class_list":["post-43912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-company-news"],"yoast_head":"\nEY Shortlists 10Pearls CEO as 2022 Entrepreneur of The Year<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"EY announces 10Pearls CEO and co-founder Imran Aftab as an Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae 2022 Mid-Atlantic Award Finalist by a panel of independent judges.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EY Shortlists 10Pearls CEO as a 2022 Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae Finalist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EY announces 10Pearls CEO and co-founder Imran Aftab as an Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae 2022 Mid-Atlantic Award Finalist by a panel of independent judges.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"10Pearls UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/10Pearls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-09T09:35:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-31T07:41:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ibrar Ahmed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"EY Shortlists 10Pearls CEO as a 2022 Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae Finalist\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"EY announces 10Pearls CEO and co-founder Imran Aftab as an Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae 2022 Mid-Atlantic Award Finalist by a panel of independent judges.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TenPearls\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TenPearls\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ibrar Ahmed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"EY Shortlists 10Pearls CEO as 2022 Entrepreneur of The Year","description":"EY announces 10Pearls CEO and co-founder Imran Aftab as an Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae 2022 Mid-Atlantic Award Finalist by a panel of independent judges.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"EY Shortlists 10Pearls CEO as a 2022 Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae Finalist","og_description":"EY announces 10Pearls CEO and co-founder Imran Aftab as an Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae 2022 Mid-Atlantic Award Finalist by a panel of independent judges.","og_url":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/","og_site_name":"10Pearls UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/10Pearls\/","article_published_time":"2022-05-09T09:35:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-31T07:41:52+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Ibrar Ahmed","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"EY Shortlists 10Pearls CEO as a 2022 Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae Finalist","twitter_description":"EY announces 10Pearls CEO and co-founder Imran Aftab as an Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae 2022 Mid-Atlantic Award Finalist by a panel of independent judges.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5.png","twitter_creator":"@TenPearls","twitter_site":"@TenPearls","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ibrar Ahmed","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/"},"author":{"name":"Ibrar Ahmed","@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/f306622d1f930cd4f968176a3443cee2"},"headline":"10Pearls\u2019 Imran Aftab named EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist","datePublished":"2022-05-09T09:35:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-31T07:41:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/"},"wordCount":349,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5.png","keywords":["Company news"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/","url":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/","name":"EY Shortlists 10Pearls CEO as 2022 Entrepreneur of The Year","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5.png","datePublished":"2022-05-09T09:35:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-31T07:41:52+00:00","description":"EY announces 10Pearls CEO and co-founder Imran Aftab as an Entrepreneur of The Year\u00ae 2022 Mid-Atlantic Award Finalist by a panel of independent judges.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-5.png","width":835,"height":835,"caption":"10Pearls-CEO"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/news\/ey-announces-imran-aftab-of-10pearls-as-an-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2022-mid-atlantic-award-finalist\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"10Pearls\u2019 Imran Aftab named EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/","name":"10Pearls UK","description":"AI-Powered Software Development Company","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/#organization","name":"10Pearls","alternateName":"Software development company","url":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10Pearls-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10Pearls-Black.png","width":282,"height":107,"caption":"10Pearls"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/10Pearls\/","https:\/\/x.com\/TenPearls","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/10pearls\/"],"description":"10Pearls is a leading AI-powered software development company. We build intelligent digital products for healthcare, finance, retail, and more.","email":"info@10pearls.com","telephone":"+44 7957 620104","legalName":"10Pearls"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/f306622d1f930cd4f968176a3443cee2","name":"Ibrar Ahmed","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9965d1582b4999ecf257ce7a7364531f435dd7c2b0f2488695f3a81eb4c33a1e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9965d1582b4999ecf257ce7a7364531f435dd7c2b0f2488695f3a81eb4c33a1e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9965d1582b4999ecf257ce7a7364531f435dd7c2b0f2488695f3a81eb4c33a1e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ibrar Ahmed"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215641,"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43912\/revisions\/215641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}