工商业企业家奖得主艾礼文

　　安永会计师事务所2月2日宣布“安永企业家奖”- 中国2006十一位得主。这是安永首次在中国举办这项享誉全球的商业奖项。这项评选活动旨在表彰成功的企业家，见证其卓越的企业家精神，并褒扬其在创造就业、提高中国企业的竞争力以及带动国家经济发展等方面做出的贡献。

　　工商业企业家奖得主 Industry & Commerce Category Winner

　　艾礼文

　　首席执行官

　　来宝集团有限公司

　　Richard Samuel Elman

　　CEO

　　Noble Group Limited

　　艾礼文先生从事贸易业务的事业始于70年代，当时他任职于Philip Brothers。于1986年他离开Philip Brothers，以10万美元的启动资金在香港创立了来宝。经不断内部自然增长和战略购并，艾先生成功将来宝从一家单一的贸易公司发展为一家多元化的服务企业，通过横贯商品市场和纵贯

供应链的多元化服务，为从生产厂家到最终客户的整个供应链提供增值服务。来宝于1997年3月在新加坡证券交易所成功上市。来宝现已成为亚洲最大的供应链和物流公司、世界五大咖啡贸易商之一，并供应着中国50%用作生产巧克力的可可豆需求。来宝还在全球范围内作出多项重要投资，包括煤矿、大豆压榨工厂和装运港等。

　　Mr Elman started his career in commodities trading business with Philip Brothers in the 1970s. In 1986, he left Philip Brothers and started Noble in Hong Kong with an initial capital of US$100,000. Through a mixture of organic expansion and strategic acquisitions, Mr Elman has expanded the company from a pure trading business into a value-added service provider along the supply chain for producers to customers by diversifying both horizontally across commodity markets and vertically through the supply chain. In March 1997, Noble was listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. It is now the biggest supply chain and logistics company based in Asia, one of the world’s top 5 coffee merchants and supplies 50% of China’s cocoa bean consumption for chocolate production. The company has also diversified its investments into coal mines, soybean crushing plants and loading ports across the globe.