Wolfe, LLC CEO Jason Wolfe Wins Ernst & Young eCommerce Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Award in Pittsburgh, PA

PITTSBURGH, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolfe, LLC is proud to announce that the company's founder and Chief Executive Officer Jason Wolfe was presented with the 2011 Ernst & Young eCommerce Entrepreneur Of The Year® award in the Western Pennsylvania region.  Ernst & Young's awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.  Jason was honored with this award at the annual gala in front of the other 27 finalists, guests and family at the Westin Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA on June 10th, 2011.

After winning the regional award, Jason is now up for consideration for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year national program.  We are extremely excited and proud to see our leader receive this recognition.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.  The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 140 cities and over 50 countries throughout the world.

About Jason Wolfe

Jason Wolfe, graduated with a business degree from Bloomsburg University in 1992.  In 1995, Jason had an unfortunate accident happen to him and wound up with several surgeries. At this time Jason had no money for medical bills and no family for support. So while recovering from surgery in 1995 and 1996, He read 2 books - 'Building the perfect Web', and 'Perl in 21 days'.  Jason then learned several internet software programs and was able to compile coupons that he found all around the internet. He also created a Shopping Forum for users to swap and talk about coupons.

In 1995, Jason Wolfe started that coupon site called CouponsDirect. It was the first internet coupon site and doing a search on the newly launched Yahoo - CouponsDirect was the ONLY coupon site, imagine that! Today there are tens of thousands of coupon sites and that his site is MyCoupons.com.

Since that time, he has created several internet companies and formed Wolfe, LLC in 2006 with the focus of building rewards, incentives, loyalty, coupons and gifting.

About Wolfe.com

Wolfe, LLC is a leader in marketing platforms that connect consumers to merchants resulting in increased ROI through technology based solutions. Wolfe is the only company in the marketplace that provides a complete "on demand" offering for merchants wanting to issue branded Visa, MasterCard, Discover and other gift cards designed to drive customer acquisition, loyalty and online couponing in a single place. Solutions offer broad consumer appeal at GiftCards.com, Swapagift.com, MyCoupons.com, OmniPrepaid.com, WRL.com and GiftCodes.com. As a private, debt free company with no outside shareholders Wolfe has the flexibility to make long term investments without the common distractions associated with venture driven companies. Founded in 2006, Wolfe is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

About Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards Program

Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique 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, Ernst & Young 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 140 cities in 50 countries.

SOURCE Wolfe, LLC