Stevie Awards

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The Stevie Awards were created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition of the efforts, accomplishments, and positive contributions of companies and business people worldwide. Beginning with The American Business Awards in 2002, and The International Business Awards in 2003, and The Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2004, the mission of the Awards is to raise the profile of exemplary companies and individuals among the press, the business community, and the general public.

The New York Post called the Stevies "the business world's own Oscar Awards."^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors

The International Business Awards are judged each year by leading figures in business worldwide. Past judges include Donald Trump, Tony Robbins, and Gary Hamel, who participate in an evaluation process of nominees that takes approximately three months. Their recommendations for winners in more than 70 corporate and individual award categories are announced and celebrated annually in a Gala Awards Ceremony held in New York City.

[edit] The Stevie

Stevie is taken from the name Stephen, which is derived from the Greek for "crowned."

R.S. Owens, the same company that makes the Oscar, Emmy, and Clio Awards, designed the Stevie trophy as a 16 inch tall, hand-cast 24-karat gold statuette, holding aloft a crystal pyramid that represents the hierarchy of human needs, a system developed in the 1960s by psychologist Abraham Maslow, who observed that after their basic needs are met, human beings seek the esteem of their peers.