For the third year in a row, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is sponsoring the Stelios Award for Young Entrepreneur in Greece for rising stars of entrepreneurship in Greece in cooperation with the Hellenic Entrepreneurship Association.
In order to mark the 2010 Award announcement, a series of events around large cities in Greece is being organised. Τhe second stop of the roadshow took place in Thessaloniki on June 16, 2010 at the Conference Hall of the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry where Despina & Valentini Amarantidou of ARTION were invited as speakers in order to share their valuable entepreneurship experience with the audience.
ALBA Graduate Business School organizes the Awards administration and research. The Award is given to young entrepreneurs who have recently started a high-growth business. Stelios Haji-Ioannou is a self-confessed ”serial entrepreneur” best known as the founder of easyGroup. The award is supplemented by a prize of 50,000.