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title: "EY Announces Shelly Sun of BrightStar Care as an Entrepreneur Of The Year ® 2023 Midwest Award Winner"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/a27f6538-835a-4112-9d20-d02abd038c2d
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20230630_ey_announces_shelly_sun_of_brightstar_care_as_an_entrepreneur_of_the_year__.html
category: "Home care"
industry: "Senior Care"
segment: "Home care"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2023-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:32:49.889Z
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# EY Announces Shelly Sun of BrightStar Care as an Entrepreneur Of The Year ® 2023 Midwest Award Winner

**TL;DR:** Shelly Sun, CEO of BrightStar Care, was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 Midwest Award winner by Ernst & Young. Sun is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 National Awards.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-06-30. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20230630_ey_announces_shelly_sun_of_brightstar_care_as_an_entrepreneur_of_the_year__.html).*

## Story

GURNEE, IL – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced today that Shelly Sun of BrightStar Care was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year ® 2023 Midwest Award winner. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program is one of the preeminent competitive awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies.

Sun was selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous award winners, leading CEOs, investors, and other regional business leaders. The candidates were evaluated based on their demonstration of building long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth, and impact among other core contributions and attributes.

“I am immensely grateful to be recognized by Ernst & Young as an Entrepreneur Of The Year ® 2023 Midwest Award winner among other talented and dedicated executives across several industries,” said Shelly Sun, Founder and CEO of BrightStar Care. “Since launching BrightStar Care more than 20 years ago my goal has been to enrich lives and cultivate and motivate a team of like-minded business owners to execute the BrightStar Care mission of providing the full continuum of care. I am passionate about empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs and am thrilled that my leadership as a female founder is being recognized through this prestigious honor.”

For nearly four decades, EY US has honored entrepreneurs whose ambition, courage and ingenuity have driven their companies’ success, transformed their industries and made a positive impact on their communities. Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners become lifetime members of a global, multi-industry community of entrepreneurs, with exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and wisdom of program alumni and other ecosystem members in over 60 countries — all supported by vast EY resources.

As a Midwest award winner, Sun is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 National Awards. The National Award winners including the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will be announced in November at the Strategic Growth Forum ® , one of the nation’s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year ® Award in June 2024.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Senior Care (sector)
- Strategic Franchising Systems (company)
- BrightStar Care (company)
- Ernst & Young (company)
- award winner (topic)
- entrepreneur of the year (topic)
- midwest award (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20230630_ey_announces_shelly_sun_of_brightstar_care_as_an_entrepreneur_of_the_year__.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a27f6538-835a-4112-9d20-d02abd038c2d).