This year’s top honor at the 2010 “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in
This year’s top honor at the 2010 “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business” Awards was presented to 35 year old Chinese American, Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com. The Pinnacle Award recognizes an individual who has reached the top of his or her professional field. Zappos.com, which sells shoes and clothing online, was established by Mr. Hsieh and a partner in 1999 and in July 2009, the company was acquired by Amazon.com for $887.9million, the biggest acquisition in its history.
This annual event, held at The Hilton New York on June 11th, organized by the Asian American Business Development Center, and now in its ninth year, is the only forum to highlighting the achievements of Asian Americans across the United States.
The awards recipients represented a microcosm of the best of Asian American business owners, professionals and corporate executives who are engaged in a wide range of business interests.
(Photo Caption: (L to R) John Wang, President, AABDC; Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com; Dr. Sapna Parikh, Medical Reporter “Good Day New York” and Aneesh Paul Chropa, first Federal Chief Technology Officer of the United States (CTO))
2010 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans nominees
Iftikhar Ahmad
President
ConvergeOne-ID, LLC
Mahmood Alam
Pharmacist
Family Pharmacy
Square Deal Pharmacy, Hina Drug, Hina Electronic
Nitin Bhargave
Senior Vice President
Aetna, Inc.
Timothy Chan
Senior Vice President and Manager
Shanghai Commercial Bank
Joyce Chang
Global Head of EM Strategy and Credit Research
JP Morgan
Johnson Chen
President and CEO
Kang Long Group
Shakao Cheng
Owner
BoConcept New York
Sang Cho
President & CEO
Prestige
Shang Dai
President
Dai & Associates, PC
Karen Gao
Vice President
OnGuard Fence Systems
Divya Gugnani
CEO
Behind the Burner
Nishi Gupta
Vice President, Deliver Services Processes
IBM/GTS Services Excellence
Walter Huang
Senior Vice President and Board Director
China Wind Power International Corp.
Chinhua Huang
Co-founder and Director of New Business
Plan Group
Peter Hwang
Senior Vice President – Investments
Merrill Lynch
Kris N.Ishibashi
Director
ConEdison
Jalak Jobanputra
Senior Vice President
NYC Investment Fund
Shallin Joshi
General Manager
IBM
Mansoor Khan
CEO
DiagnosisONE, Inc.
Daniel Kim
President and CEO
Red Mango, Inc.
John Kim
Chairman and CEO
Nicka K. Cosmetics
Joo Han Kim
President
The Buildmore Group
Kelly King
Senior Vice President – National Retail
AT&T Mobility & Consumer Markets
John Paul Lee
Founder and CEO
Tavalon Tea
Isabella Leung
Manager, Human Resources
Crystal Window and Door Systerms
Catherine Li
Vice President, Technology Manager
Wells Fargo & Co.
Lily Laiwa Li
Chairwoman and Ceo
Dragon Treasure Antique Ltd.
Munir Mashooqullah
President
Synergies
William E. Min
Senior Vice President Global Assurance and Chief Privacy Office
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Imran Nasrullah
Chief Business Office
Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
Steve Tri Nguyen
President & CEO
Virtualosity Solutions, LLC & Viet Tech Corporation
Stephen Oh
Vice President & Branch Manager
Chubb & Son, Inc.
Kevan Parekh
Vice President of Finance, Professional Division
Thomson Reuters
Hiten Patel
Chairman and Founder
Collabera, Inc.
Dennis Poon
Managing Principal
Thornton Tomaselli
Imran Qidwai
Managing Partner
Totten Energy Services
Thao Quan
Vice President, Marketing
HSBC Bank USA
Chaudhary Ramzan
President
Chad Labs Corporation
Sunir Robert
Head of Analyst Relations & Public Relations
Tata Consultancy Services
Annapoorni Sankaran
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Jong-Wook Shin
Director of Product Management
Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications
Ravneet Singh
CEO
ElectionMall
Raj Vaidyamath
Vice President
INSZoom
Charlotte S. Yeh, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
AARP Services, Inc.
Yun Po Zhang
Director
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Photo Credit: Peter Yan