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title: "Stacy Kwon of SNOWFOX Wins Most Admired CEO Award"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/23000a39-c30c-41ab-95a3-40560630067a
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20220811_stacy_kwon_of_snowfox_wins_most_admired_ceo_award.html
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2022-08-11T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:33:00.332Z
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# Stacy Kwon of SNOWFOX Wins Most Admired CEO Award

**TL;DR:** Stacy Kwon, president and CEO of SNOWFOX Sushi, has been honored as one of 2022's Most Admired CEOs by the Houston Business Journal. The award recognizes local business leaders for their contributions to company success, civic involvement, and career achievement.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-08-11. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20220811_stacy_kwon_of_snowfox_wins_most_admired_ceo_award.html).*

## Story

HOUSTON - Stacy Kwon, president and CEO of SNOWFOX Sushi has been honored by the Houston Business Journal as one of 2022’s Most Admired CEOs. The fifth annual award recognized 45 local business leaders from for-profit and nonprofit companies based on their contributions to company success, civic involvement, career achievement and more. Winners will be honored in a special section of the paper and at an awards luncheon at the Marriot Marquis Houston.

“I am incredibly proud and humbled to be recognized by the Houston Business Journal as one of the city’s most admired CEOs,” said Stacy Kwon, president and CEO, SNOWFOX. “I came to Houston as a teenager from Korea where my father opened a small convenience store in the Fifth Ward. It’s through his hard work and my family’s support and dedication that I learned what it is to be as effective leader. I dedicate this award to other immigrant families who come to America with a dream for success.”

This year’s judges included Carol Guess, interim president of the Greater Houston Black Chamber; Tim Jeffcoat, Houston district director for the U.S. Small Business Administrator; Paula Mendoza, CEO of Possible Missions; and Dan Snare, retired former president of American Leadership Forum Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter.

SOURCE SNOWFOX | JFE Franchising, Inc

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- award (topic)
- business leadership (topic)
- Houston Business Journal (regulator)
- ceo recognition (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20220811_stacy_kwon_of_snowfox_wins_most_admired_ceo_award.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/23000a39-c30c-41ab-95a3-40560630067a).