EY announces Tracy Holland, CEO of HATCHBEAUTY, as an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Greater Los Angeles semifinalist

LOS ANGELES, April 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EY today announced that Tracy Holland, CEO of HATCHBEAUTY is a semifinalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year^® 2017 Greater Los Angeles Region Award. Now celebrating its 31^st year, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs in over 145 cities and 60 countries who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Tracy Holland was selected as a semifinalist by a panel of independent judges. Finalists will be announced Monday, May 8, and winners will be announced at a black-tie Awards Gala on Thursday, June 15, with more than 700 Founders, CEOs and other business leaders in attendance, at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

"It's such an honor to have been selected as a semifinalist for EY Entrepreneur Of The Year.  I have the privilege of helping to lead an incredible team at HATCHBEAUTY, and we pride ourselves on being innovators in the ever-changing beauty space.  To be recognized for those efforts by an esteemed organization such as EY is incredibly humbling for myself and the rest of the HATCHBEAUTY family."

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national award winner, will be announced at the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 18, 2017. The awards gala is the culminating event of the EY Strategic Growth Forum^®, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.

Learn more about Tracy Holland's journey as an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year semifinalist by following @HATCHBEAUTY

Follow all the latest program developments @EY_EOYUS using #EOYGLA and visit the Greater Los Angeles regional website for more information: www.ey.com/us/eoy/greaterla.

About HATCHBEAUTY
HATCHBEAUTY is a company focused on beauty innovation, specializing in working with brands and retailers on product development, creative services and strategic planning in cosmetic, skincare, hair care, fragrance and beauty accessories. The company develops concepts appropriate for all channels of trade including prestige and specialty retail, direct to consumer, e-commerce and food, drug and mass. HATCHBEAUTY specializes in custom, brand-focused projects, delivering intelligent, inspired solutions in areas of creative services, product development, brand strategy, product design, product concepts, packaging design and execution planning.

About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year^®
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 145 cities in more than 60 countries.

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