Entrepreneur of the Year
Mark Haney
Founding Partner
The Growth Factory & The Mark Haney Show
Back to 129th Annual Dinner & Business Awards
Sacramentan of the Year
Garry Maisel
Western Health Advantage
Businessman of the Year
David Lowe
PBS KVIE
Businesswoman of the Year
Allison Otto
Otto Construction, Inc.
Entrepeneur of the Year
Mark Haney
The Growth Factory &
The Mark Haney Show
Entrepeneur of the Year
Tiffani Scott
Paratransit
Al Geiger Memorial Award
Mayor Pro Tem Quirina Orozco
Sacramento County District Attorney’s
Office & West Sacramento City Council
Small Business of the Year
The Sacramento Observer
Centennial Business Hall of Fame
United Way California Capital Region
MetroEDGE Young Professional of the Year
Dr. Nkiruka Catherine Ohaegbu
Capitol Impact
Mark Haney is a successful entrepreneur, media personality, and angel investor with a portfolio of 50+ Sacramento-based companies across various industries including new media, tech, consumer products, real estate, construction, transportation, distribution, and security.
Mark’s accomplishments include successfully exiting a Rocklin, CA based enterprise that maintained hundreds of employees and generated over $200M in annual revenues.
Having scaled the entrepreneurial mountain and achieved many of his lifelong dreams, Mark has turned his attention and resources to helping the next generation of entrepreneurs succeed. He is Founding Partner of the Growth Factory, an early-stage venture capital fund and a nonprofit accelerator, on a mission to unleash the potential of 100 world class startups in the next 3-5 years.
When Mark is not company building, he can be found in his studio igniting the Entrepreneurial Revolution as host of The Mark Haney Show podcast, at cross-fit and yoga, or playing baseball in the backyard with his grandkids. He also serves as Past President of the Sacramento chapter of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) and on various corporate and non-profit boards. He and his family devote time to helping military veterans through his “Allegiant Giving” non-profit. You can learn more about Mark at haneybiz.com.