The Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame (KEHOF) is a virtual destination that shares and celebrates the stories of Kentucky’s most successful entrepreneurs. The purpose of KEHOF is to raise awareness of the impact that entrepreneurship has made in the Commonwealth and encourage others to pursue similar ambitious endeavors. The inaugural class, which was inducted November 17, 2010 during Global Entr
epreneurship Week, included John Y Brown Jr., Pearse Lyons, William T. Anderson, David Marksbury and Lee Todd.
2011 inductees: Bill Samuels, Wendell Cherry, Dana Bowers, David Jones Sr., and Kent Taylor.
2012 inductees: Terry Forcht, Bruce Lunsford, Ron Geary
2013 inductees: George Fischer, Louisville; Carol Martin “Bill” Gatton, Bristol, TN (member U.K. Board of Trustees); Billy Harper, Paducah and the late RJ Corman, Nicholasville.
2014 inductees: James Booth, Ulysses Lee “Junior” Bridgeman, Chris Sullivan and John Williams.
2015 inductees: James Thornton, George Garvin Brown, Jim Patterson, and Phil Greer. The seventh annual Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame induction ceremony, presented by Delta Dental, will honor this year’s inductees on November 16, 2016. The induction ceremony will be held at the Hilton Lexington Downtown.
2016 Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame inductees: Colonel Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken; Kent Oyler, High Speed Access Corp, OPM Services, Inc.; Robert B. Trussell, Jr., Tempur Sealy International, Inc.; Carey Smith, Big Ass Solutions.
