Entrepreneurs' Hall of Fame
Honoring our city's most iconic entrepreneurs.
Through their vision, courage and perseverance, our Hall of Fame members have built longstanding and meaningful careers and are an inspiration for today's up-and-coming change-makers.
Meet the inductees
44
inductees honored to date
2011
the first Hall of Fame class
2025
the most recent class of inductees
The inductees
Fifteen years of Nashville legends.
MARK DEUTSCHMANN
Inducted 2025
MANUEL CUEVAS
Inducted 2025
ROSETTA MILLER-PERRY
Inducted 2025
DR. MICHAEL BURCHAM
Inducted 2024
DRS. PAMELA AND PHILIP PFEFFER
Inducted 2024
DR. TURNER NASHE
Inducted 2024
PAT EMERY
Inducted 2024
SHIRLEY ZEITLIN
Inducted 2023
EDDIE GEORGE
Inducted 2023
JIM AYERS
Inducted 2023
SAURABH SINHA
Inducted 2023
AMY KURLAND
Inducted 2022
ANDRÉ PRINCE
Inducted 2022
MIKE SHMERLING
Inducted 2022
STEVE TURNER
Inducted 2022
PHIL BREDESEN
Inducted 2021
LUCIUS BURCH
Inducted 2021
LEATRICE MCKISSACK
Inducted 2021
TRISHA YEARWOOD
Inducted 2021
BETH CHASE
Inducted 2019
CHARLIE MARTIN
Inducted 2019
DOLLY PARTON
Inducted 2019
RON SAMUELS
Inducted 2018
SCOTT BORCHETTA
Inducted 2018
TOM CIGARRAN
Inducted 2018
JOSE GONZALEZ, RENATA SOTO, MARIA CLARA MEJIA — Conexión Américas
Inducted 2016
KIX BROOKS
Inducted 2016
SHANNON TERRY
Inducted 2016
BECCA STEVENS
Inducted 2015
CAL TURNER
Inducted 2014
JON YARBROUGH
Inducted 2015
JOEY JACOBS
Inducted 2014
DARRELL FREEMAN
Inducted 2014
DAN CROCKETT
Inducted 2013
RICHARD HENRY BOYD
Inducted 2013
RAYMOND LOUIS DANNER SR.
Inducted 2013
KEN LEVITAN
Inducted 2013
SHERRY DEUTSCHMANN
Inducted 2013
WAYNE T SMITH
Inducted 2012
CORDIA HARRINGTON
Inducted 2012
J. TOD FETHERLING
Inducted 2011
JOHN R. INGRAM
Inducted 2011
R. CLAYTON MCWHORTER
Inducted 2011
HAL CATO
Inducted 2011
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About the EC
Since 2010, the first stop for anyone looking to turn their ideas into reality.
Who we areThe Entrepreneurs' Hall of Fame is a program of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.