Awards

Business Report and Junior Achievement will honor six Baton Rouge individuals and companies at the 2023 Business Awards & Hall of Fame gala in...

The Forty Under 40 class of 2022 is a diverse group but each is united in their respective accomplishments in their profession and in the community.

The 60 companies on this year’s Best Places to Work list demonstrate what it means to care about employees, serving as a model for other businesses.

The Baton Rouge Youth Coalition keeps employees motivated and happy by developing a culture of camaraderie and going the extra mile. 

A secret to the success of Stirling Properties is its commitment to a positive, relaxed and collaborative workplace.

The Gresham Smith philosophy is if ‘people love where they work, then the rest of the business takes care of itself.’

Beginning Oct. 4, Business Report is accepting entries or nominations for its 2023 Business Awards & Hall of Fame.

Driven by a fear of returning to poverty, Gerry Lane rose from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to build a Baton Rouge automotive empire.

James “Pepper” Rutland, applying lessons from football to business, overcame adversity while building MMR into a global force among industrial contractors.

With fresh ideas and a hyperlocal focus, Judi Terzotis is bucking the media landscape trend and leading ‘The Advocate’ to growth.

Tupac de la Cruz, determined to be a success when he left Costa Rica at age 16, has built Roofing Solutions into one of the nation’s largest commercial roofing companies.

After using the military and a stint at Circle K to lift himself out of poverty, Craig Stevens has built Genesis 360 into a fast-growing construction and maintenance force.

b1BANK, now led by Jude Melville, has quickly grown from a homegrown community bank to a publicly traded multistate institution with $4.4 billion in assets.

Business Report and Junior Achievement will honor six Baton Rouge individuals and companies at the 2022 Business Awards & Hall of Fame gala in March. This year’s winners, as selected by a panel of independent judges, are:

Honoring the Capital Region's brightest young leaders, innovators and business professionals.

The 60 companies on the 2021 Best Places to Work list demonstrate what it means to care about employees, serving as a model for other businesses.

Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens LLC has found success by fostering a family atmosphere and being motivated by standards not involving money.

The Pangburn Group Inc. fosters a culture that’s about wanting to make employees stay, rather than simply work.

GMFS Mortgage has created a winning formula by embracing change, listening to employees and giving back to the Baton Rouge community.

The Business Report team and its sister magazines 225 and inRegister were honored with 10 national awards for editorial excellence.