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Atlanta, GA, June 30, 2025 – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that Co-Founder and CEO Joan Butters of Xsolis was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 Southeast Award winner. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive awards program for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. For 40 years, EY US has celebrated ambitious entrepreneurs who are transforming industries, impacting communities and creating long-term value.
Joan Butters was chosen by an independent panel of past winners, top CEOs and business leaders. Judges assessed candidates on long-term value creation, entrepreneurial spirit, purpose-driven commitment and significant growth and impact.
Xsolis is an AI-driven technology company that reduces administrative waste by enabling collaboration between healthcare providers and payers. Dragonfly®, its AI-driven proprietary platform, is the first and only solution to use real-time predictive analytics to continuously assign an objective medical necessity score and assess the anticipated level of care for every patient, enabling more efficiency across the healthcare system. Xsolis is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.
“It’s an incredible honor to be recognized by EY, especially at a time when AI is reshaping the future of healthcare,” said Joan Butters, CEO of Xsolis. “At Xsolis, we’ve always believed in the power of technology to reduce waste, improve outcomes, and foster smarter collaboration across the system. This award celebrates the innovation and dedication of our team, and our ongoing mission to build a more intelligent, efficient healthcare ecosystem.”
As a Southeast award winner, Joan Butters is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 National Awards. The National Award winners, including the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced in November at the Strategic Growth Forum®, one of the nation’s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award in May 2026.
Entrepreneur Of The Year recognizes many different types of business leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit. The program celebrates original founders who bootstrapped their business from inception or who raised outside capital to grow their company; transformational CEOs who infused innovation into an existing organization to catapult its trajectory; and multigenerational family business leaders who reimagined a legacy business model to strengthen it for the future.
The Entrepreneur Of The Year program has recognized the leadership of entrepreneurs such as:
- Sheila Mikhail of AskBio
- Jason McGowan of Crumbl Cookies
- James Park of Fitbit
- Arthur Blank of The Home Depot
- Kendra Scott of Kendra Scott LLC
- Reed Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn
- Kabir Barday of OneTrust
- Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee Company
- Jodi Berg of Vitamix
- Michael Happe of Winnebago Industries
- Phyllis Newhouse of Xtreme Solutions
- Eric Yuan of Zoom
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, Cresa, LLC, Marsh USA, SAP. In the Southeast, regional sponsors also include Platinum sponsor VACO LLC, Gold sponsors ADP and King & Spalding LLP, and Silver sponsor Babbit Bodner, Inc.
About Entrepreneur Of The Year
Founded in 1986, Entrepreneur Of The Year has celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious visionaries who are leading successful, dynamic businesses in the US, and it has since expanded to nearly 60 countries globally.
The US program consists of 17 regional programs whose panels of independent judges select the regional award winners every June. Those winners compete for national recognition at the Strategic Growth Forum® in November where National finalists and award winners are announced. The overall National winner represents the US at the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ competition. Visit ey.com/us/eoy.
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