CHOICE! Energy President/CEO Loya Recognized Among Top Entrepreneurs.Energy Editors/Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2003 Javier Loya, president and chief executive officer of Houston-based CHOICE! Energy, has been named a finalist for Houston's 2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. of the Year(R) award. Loya has been named one of four finalists in the "Energy and Energy Services" category. "Being recognized by Ernst & Young is an honor that I share with every one of my team members at CHOICE! Energy," said Loya. "We work hard to maintain and foster an entrepreneurial spirit by encouraging ideas that improve our current business units as well as ideas that lead us into new markets and capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. new opportunities." The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award recognizes any active member of a private or public company's top management or that has made a significant contribution to the recent performance of the company. Regional and national winners are chosen within a diverse range of categories and industries, and these recipients become lifetime members of the Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame. Houston's 2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year(R) award will be presented June 26, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV) as regent. . Aside from serving as president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CHOICE! Energy, Loya is also a minority owner of the NFL's Houston Texans
CHOICE! Energy is a Houston-based, Hispanic-owned energy services company. Since its inception in 1994, Choice has served as a leader in the institutional energy market, with a customer base consisting exclusively of the largest utilities, energy marketers and financial institutions in the world. With the recent introduction of its newest division, Choice Energy Services, Choice Energy now offers retail electricity to the commercial and industrial end-user. In a dynamic and rapidly deregulating de·reg·u·late tr.v. de·reg·u·lat·ed, de·reg·u·lat·ing, de·reg·u·lates To free from regulation, especially to remove government regulations from: deregulate the airline industry. domestic energy environment, Choice continues to diversify diversify To acquire a variety of assets that do not tend to change in value at the same time. To diversify a securities portfolio is to purchase different types of securities in different companies in unrelated industries. and grow as an energy company. |
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