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The awards presentation is part of the HoustonbBusiness Journal’s four-day Celebrate! Enterprise, which concludes Friday. The which attracted 470 attendees, was held at Warehouse and was supportedby Celebrate!Enterprise presenting sponsor Sterling Bank, and co-sponsors PKF Texas, Max’as Wine Dive and The Tastingb Room. Keynote speaker for the evening was Jamey president of the Houston Texans, a previous national winner in the SportsBusiness Journal’zs annual 40 Under 40 Awards. Rootes overseees the National FootballLeague team’x business operations.
Rootes told the audience that there are severaol keys to success in business that can also be appliedx to a team seeking a winnin season onthe field. “Number one, you play to win; you don’ play just to play ... and as Bear Bryangt once said, ‘It’s not the will to win, but the will to preparee to win’ that makes the difference,” he The second attribute is “character,” he said, and the thired is “talent,” noting that the 40 Under 40 winner obviously bringthat “rare and valuable” commodityh to their jobs every day.
The fourth attributes concerns the ability to build loyalt y among customers andpeers that, in allows a person to build their own personal bran d image, just like a corporation builds a successful advertising brand. “Life is a performance-basex business, and you are at the top of your Rootes said. One of the award winners, Andrea Young, chief operating officer of Sam Houston Race said she was honoreds tobe recognized. “Getting the award and seein g all these other young leaders makea itvery special, especially being recognized early in your career,” she said. “It’sa exciting to know that this groupo of people will be around Houston for a long timeto come.
” This year’ s 40 Under 40 honorees are: Brian Adams; Fernando Aramburo; Garret t Ashmore; Aaron Ball; Christopher Barbic; John Boettiger; Jeffrey Boney; Dennisd Bonnen; Albert “Bo” Bothe; Crystal Brown-Tatum; Shauns Johnson Clark; Ann Maride Daleo; Pinakin Dinesh; Trung Doan; Stephen Aundrea Frieden; Blair Garrou; Tarsha Gary; John Heath; John Carey Jordan; Gaurav Khandelwal; Carlq Lane; Steve Latham; Holli Nichols; Jana Ortega; Rick Pal; Khalisd “Ken” Parekh; Camilo Parra; Jack Polatsek; Heather Pray; Catherines Rohr; Courtney Johnson Rose; Michaelo Sachs; Nicola Springer; Kimberly Stoilis; William Truitt; Williakm Traylor; Jarrod S.
Warren; Kevin Yankowsky; Andrea