{"id":993609,"date":"2026-05-30T04:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/993609\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:11:18","slug":"astera-labs-founders-win-the-prestigious-2026-ey-world-entrepreneur-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/993609\/","title":{"rendered":"Astera Labs founders win the prestigious 2026 EY World Entrepreneur of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"yf-1p2hw41\">\n<li class=\"yf-1p2hw41\">\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><strong>In today\u2019s CEO Daily:<\/strong> Astera Labs wins a top entrepreneur prize.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-1p2hw41\">\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><strong>The big leadership story:<\/strong> Marc Benioff says agents are doing a lot\u2014but not \u2018selling and communicating.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-1p2hw41\">\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><strong>The markets:<\/strong> Mixed with big surges in parts of Asia.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"yf-1p2hw41\">\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><strong>Plus:<\/strong> All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><strong>Good morning. <\/strong>Astera Labs CEO Jitendra Mohan, along with co-founders Sanjay Gajendra and Casey Morrison, won the prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_gl\/weoy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EY World Entrepreneur of the Year award;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EY World Entrepreneur of the Year award&quot;}\" class=\"link \">EY World Entrepreneur of the Year award<\/a> in Monaco last night. This tops off a banner year for the Silicon Valley semiconductor company, which creates pioneering connectivity solutions, primarily for AI data centers. As Gajendra put it: \u201cWe designed a nervous system for the brain, purpose-built for a world where you have so many computing devices that need to be connected at extreme speed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Despite rapidly growing to $1 billion in revenue and a $60 billion market cap, Astera is not a household name. The same could be said of EY\u2019s Entrepreneur of the Year franchise, an independently judged series of competitions that started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_gl\/weoy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:in Milwaukee in 1986;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;in Milwaukee in 1986&quot;}\" class=\"link \">in Milwaukee in 1986<\/a>, yielding U.S. winners like Jensen Huang, Michael Dell, Howard Lutnick, and Howard Schultz long before they were stars. Past winners also include the founders of <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/infosys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Infosys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Infosys&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Infosys<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/chobani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chobani;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chobani&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Chobani<\/a>, Jollibee, Cirque du Soleil, GlobalWafers, Biocon and Yubiko. About 5,000 entrepreneurs now compete in regional competitions that culminate in the annual Monaco gathering that this year brought together 58 winners from 46 countries or regions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Mohan didn\u2019t initially know about the competition but was blown away by the depth and diversity of the network. \u201cThis is about the entrepreneur journey and hopefully becoming part of a much larger entrepreneurship community where they can help us, and we can help them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">For EY, which now boasts one of the largest global networks of entrepreneurs, the competition clearly brings benefits to the brand, relationship building, business development, and client engagement. For country managers, it\u2019s an opportunity to get face time with EY Global Chair and CEO Janet Truncale, who\u2019s now nearly two years into running a professional services firm of 400,000 people. Like her peers, she faces the challenge of reimagining a business model that must adapt to the agentic age. \u201cYou have to allow an environment where you will take risks and fail, and then you learn from failure,\u201d she said, adding that being around entrepreneurs \u201cwho are nimble and willing to make decisions without all the answers\u201d reinforces that message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">That doesn\u2019t mean embracing everything they say. With 1,500 employees, Gajendra, for one, doesn\u2019t aspire for Astera Labs to one day have as many people as EY. \u201cBeing a big company is a liability given how fast AI is moving. Being small and nimble\u2026is the key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contact CEO Daily via Diane Brady at <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/sectors\/technology\/articles\/mailto:diane.brady@fortune.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:diane.brady@fortune.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;diane.brady@fortune.com&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">diane.brady@fortune.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">This story was originally featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/05\/29\/astera-labs-ey-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fortune.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Fortune.com&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Fortune.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In today\u2019s CEO Daily: Astera Labs wins a top entrepreneur prize. 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