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Who's Who Gala Event celebrating the Hispanic Business community
Negocios Now Gala Who's Who in Hispanic Businesses
When and where
Date and time
Friday, July 21 · 6 - 10pm CDT
Location
Fairmont Chicago - Millennium Park 200 N Columbus Dr Chicago, IL 60601
Refund Policy
About this event
- 4 hours
- Mobile eTicket
Since 2014, Negocios Now has celebrated Hispanic leadership with a special edition and "Who's Who" Gala, bringing together many of the city's Hispanic leaders. The event begins with a cocktail hour before dinner and is followed by an awards ceremony recognizing Business of the Year, Latinas in Business, and Lifetime Achievement. Mix and mingle at this luxury event presented by Wintrust, Chicago's Bank.
Event program:
6:00 -Reception (Open bar)
7:00- Dinner
8:10 - Award Ceremony
9:30 - Program ends
9:45- Live Music (Open bar)
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About the organizer
Founded in 2007, Negocios Now is a national award-winning publication and the Midwest’s most dynamic news source for growing Hispanic businesses, focusing primarily on business owners, entrepreneurs and economic development in the Latino community. In 2014, Negocios Now launched the first "Who's Who in Hispanic Chicago" to recognize Hispanic leadership in the Chicago metropolitan area. In 2015, the publication inaugurated the first "Latinos: 40 Under 40" for our generation of young Latino leaders. Since 2010, Negocios Now has received more than 12 awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) and a Peter Lisagor Award for General Excellence (2012).
Negocios Now founder Clemente Nicado was named 2018 "Latino Publisher of the Year". He is a former international correspondent and one of the founders of HOY, the Chicago Tribune's Spanish language publication. He is the author of “Así lo hicieron,” a 2012 book featuring profiles of outstanding Hispanic businesspeople in the Chicago area and serves on the Board of the National Association of Hispanic Publications, an organization based in Washington, DC.