Awards Categories for 2025 Awards
- ALABAMA COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- Alabama's top overall company in 2024. Awards will be given for large company and small company.
- CEO OF THE YEAR (name of CEO and company):
- Alabama's top CEO in 2024.
- STARTUP OF THE YEAR:
- Alabama's top startup in 2024. This should be a company that launched, won a funding competition or participated in an accelerator in the past few years.
- PHILANTHROPIC PROJECT OF THE YEAR:
- Top philanthropic project led by an Alabama business in 2024.
- ALABAMA EXPAT OF THE YEAR:
- An Alabamian now living outside the state who has become successful in business.
- PROJECT OF THE YEAR:
- The top project of 2024. This could be new construction, expansion, a new product, etc. 2023's winner was NASA's Space Launch System, and 2024's winner was Montgomery Whitewater.