| Monte Carlo abuzz with E&Y world summit |
| George Skaria / Monte Carlo June 7, 2006 |
| As you take the short ten minute flight by helicopter from Nice Cote d'Azure airport to Monte Carlo, with the calm deep blue waters below you, one wonders if it is a foretaste of the high that awaits the 1000-odd participants that come in to Monte Carlo today for the World Summit and the World Entrepreneur of the Year (WEOY) Award of Ernst & Young (E&Y). With winners from 32 countries this year, one can expect country delegations from these and more who are coming to cheer their country candidates and exchange notes on entrepreneurship. The excitement as to who the final winner will be, has already started with hotel corridors and the Summit venue buzzing with participants betting on their favourite candidates. Will it be India again (represented this year by Kumar Mangalam Birla), after N R Narayana Murthy won the award in 2003? Or, will it be someone from Europe this time, in sync with the Summit theme that focuses on Central and Eastern Europe ? Or, will it be somebody else from Asia once again, who have been winners in the last few years? The formal interviews |
