The Nashville Business Hall of Fame recognizes the premiere leaders of the Nashville business community. In the spirit of JA’s mission these people embody financial responsibility, leadership, ethics and vision to enrich our city and its surrounding counties.
Honorees are chosen based on four criteria:
business excellence, courageous thinking and acting,
inspired leadership, and community mindedness.
2011 Inductee:
Hal Pennington, Former CEO, Genesco
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2010 Inductee:
Ron Samuels, Avenue Bank

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2009 Inductee:
Joe Scarlett, Scarlett Leadership Institute

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Nashville Business Hall of Fame Inductees
Ron Samuels, 2010
Joe Scarlett, 2009
HCA Volunteers, 2007
Lee Beaman, 2006
Craig Leipold, 2004
Jim Beard, 2003
Vince Gill, 2002
Frances Preston, 2001
R. Clayton McWhorter, 2000
DeWitt Ezell, Jr., 1999
Dennis Bottorff, 1998
Mayor Philip N. Bredesen, 1997
Marguerite Sallee, 1996
Ambassador Joe M. Rodgers, 1995
Carroll D. Shanks, 1994
Albert Werthan, 1993
Jimmy Webb, 1992
Jimmy Small, 1991
Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame Inductees
Tommy Frist, 2008
Mike Curb, 2001
Martha Rivers Ingram, 1999
Jack Carroll Massey, 1987
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