| Year |
Winner |
University/Institution |
| 2024 |
Charles Matthews |
University of Cincinnati |
| 2023 |
Eric Liguori |
Rowan University, School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
| 2022 |
Heidi M. Neck |
Babson College |
| 2021 |
Bill Aulet |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2020 |
Eric Koester |
Georgetown University |
| 2019 |
Elissa Grossman |
University Southern California |
| 2018 |
Luke Pittaway |
Ohio University |
| 2017 |
Jill Kickul |
University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business |
| 2016 |
Edward Williams & Albert Napier |
Rice University |
| 2015 |
William T. Jackson |
University of South Florida- St. Petersburg |
| 2014 |
Kathleen R. Allen |
University of Southern California |
| 2013 |
Jeffrey R. Cornwall |
Belmont University |
| 2012 |
Michael H. Morris |
Oklahoma State University |
| 2011 |
Steven P. Nichols |
University of Texas, Austin |
| 2010 |
Ed Rogoff |
Baruch College |
| 2009 |
Arnold C. Cooper |
Purdue University |
| 2008 |
William Bygrave |
Babson College |
| 2005 |
Tom Byers |
Stanford University |
| 2004 |
Jeffry Timmons |
Babson College |
| 1999 |
Fred Kiesner |
Loyola Marymont College |
| 1997 |
George Solomon |
George Washington University |
| 1996 |
Nancy Upton |
Baylor University |
| 1993 |
Donald F. Kuratko |
Indiana University – Bloomington |
| 1992 |
Charles Hofer |
University of Georgia |
