Edison Awards is an American company that runs an annual competition honoring excellence in innovation in a broad range of categories.
Company
The Edison Awards were established by the American Marketing Association in 1987, and has been an independent enterprise since 2008.
Awards
The Edison Awards are named after the inventor Thomas Edison. They honor innovations in product and service development, marketing and human-centered design. Categories range from green technology to medical breakthroughs. Entrants must meet strict innovation criteria and competencies as defined in the book Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor (Gelb & Caldicott 2007).
The Edison Awards Steering Committee reviews nominations; the finalists are then voted on by a large panel drawn from business professionals, scientists and academia. Entries are judged based on societal impact, creativity and marketplace success. In 2013, there were 14 categories and 38 sub-categories, with 131 award recipients.
Recipients
Past recipients of the Edison Achievement Award include:
1991 – Herb Baum – Campbell Soup Co. 1991 – Frank Perdue – Perdue Farms 1992 – William McGowan – MCI Corporation 1993 – J. Willard Marriott Jr. – Marriott International 1993 – Jay Van Andel – Amway Corporation 1993 – Raymond W. Smith – Bell Atlantic 1993 – Rich DeVos – Amway Corporation 1994 – Bert C. Roberts – MCI Corporation 1994 – H. John Greeniaus – Nabisco, Inc. 1995 – Arthur Martinez – Sears, Roebuck & Co. 1995 – Robert Palmer – Digital Corporation 1996 – Douglas Ivester – Coca-Cola Company 1996 – Nolan D. Archibald – Black & Decker 1997 – Reuben Mark – Colgate-Palmolive 1997 – Martha Stewart – MSL Omnimedia 1999 – Dale Morrison – Campbell Soup Co. 1999 – Ted Turner – Time Warner 2009 – David M. Kelley – IDEO 2009 – Susan Desmond-Hellmann – Genentech 2010 – A.G. Lafley – Procter & Gamble 2010 – Susan Hockfield – MIT 2011 – Alan Mulally – Ford Motor Company 2011 – John S. Hendricks – Discovery Communications 2012 – Chris Anderson – TED 2012 – Steve Jobs – Apple, Inc. 2013 – Paul E. Jacobs – Qualcomm 2014 – Elon Musk – Tesla, SpaceX 2014 – Yang Yuanqing – LenovoMiguel Helft, "In pursuit of Innovation, a milestone for Lenovo", Fortune.com, May 2, 2014 2015 – Clayton M. Christensen – Harvard Business School 2015 – Robert A. Lutz – General Motors Company 2016 – John Chambers – Cisco Systems, Inc. 2017 – Astro Teller – GoogleX 2017 – Jeff Immelt – General Electric 2018 – Marillyn Hewson – Lockheed Martin 2019 – Ginni Rometty – IBM 2021 – Jennifer Holmgren, Reinhold Schmieding – Arthrex 2022 – Carmichael Roberts – Material Impact / Breakthrough Energy Ventures 2022 – Bracken Darrell – Logitech 2023 – Sir Jonathan Ive – LoveFrom 2023 – Patrick Gelsinger – Intel 2024 – Laurie Leshin – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA 2024 – Gwynne Shotwell – SpaceX 2025 – Michael M. Crow – Arizona State University 2025 – Jensen Huang – Nvidia 2026 – Rihanna & Adam Silver
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