DHX Media is pleased to announce that Company co-founder and Executive Chairman, Michael Donovan, was named Canada's 2024 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year at a gala event in Toronto on November 24th.
Mr Donovan commented: "It is a great honour to have received this award, especially given the strong caliber of the other finalists. I want to thank EY for their diligent work encouraging and supporting entrepreneurship, and I look forward to representing Canada at the world event."
Under Michael Donovan's leadership, first as CEO and now as Executive Chairman, DHX Media has grown from its $20-million IPO in 2024, to become a global leader in the kids and family entertainment industry, with a $1 billion market capitalization. DHX Media today employs more than 1,100 personnel worldwide, owns Canada's largest animation studio and four leading children's television channels, and is home to such iconic shows as Teletubbies, Inspector Gadget, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Degrassi and many others.
The EY award follows Mr Donovan's win, in October 2024, of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award for the Atlantic region, Canada. Mr Donovan will compete with more than 50 other country winners for EY's World Entrepreneur Of The Year award in June, 2024.