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This year, Orlando Business Journal is bringing you the third rendition of our awards program that identifies 48 people — including one tag team — making the biggest waves in the region.
OBJ's 2023 Power Players in Central Florida are the winners in a nomination-based awards program highlighting individuals helping grow and innovate the way business is done throughout metro Orlando.
The winners are a mix of people who already are well known, have been rising in prominence and others you definitely need to meet because they are major game changers.
To be nominated, individuals had to be business leaders based in Central Florida — Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Brevard or Volusia counties.
Candidates were judged based on their respective accomplishments and influence in five categories:
- Industry Giants: Leaders of the region’s most powerful companies currently in the news because of major projects and/or initiatives that will have significant local impact
- Disruptors: Those who are changing the way we do business through innovation, new technology, new products/services and challenges to current business norms
- Deal Makers: Those driving major transactions, policies, initiatives and/or projects, helping spearhead partnerships and business relationships that generate new local business activity
- Connectors: Those who bring key people to the table for important discussions, and who other business leaders have on their speed dial
- Heavy Hitters: Longstanding power players who always make the news year after year, and whose companies have a lasting legacy in the region
Click through the gallery below to meet this year's winners, listed in alphabetical order.
These 48 individuals — including one tag team — are helping grow and innovate the way business is done throughout metro Orlando.
You can read full coverage of the 2023 Power Players in OBJ's Nov. 10-16, 2023, weekly edition — where we also will reveal which categories the winners were in.
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