Edison Awards

Edison Awards
Awarded for	Honoring excellence in new product and service development, marketing, human-centered design and innovation
Country	United States
First award	1987
Website	http://www.edisonawards.com/

Edison Awards is an American company that runs an annual competition honoring excellence in innovation in a broad range of categories.

Company

Elon Musk at the 2014 Edison Awards

The Edison Awards were established by the American Marketing Association in 1987 and has been an independent enterprise since 2008. ^[1]

Awards

The Edison Awards are named after the inventor Thomas Edison. They honor innovations in product and service development, marketing and human-centered design. ^[2] Categories range from green technology to medical breakthroughs. ^[3] Entrants must meet strict innovation criteria and competencies as defined in the book Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor (Gelb & Caldicott 2007). ^[1] The Edison Awards Steering Committee reviews nominations; the finalists are then voted on by a large panel drawn from business professionals, scientists and academia. ^[4] Entries are judged based on societal impact, creativity and marketplace success. ^[3] In 2013, there were 14 categories and 38 sub-categories, with 131 award recipients. ^[5]

Recipients

Past recipients of the Edison Achievement Award include:

• 1991 – Herb Baum – Campbell Soup Co. ^[6]
• 1991 – Frank Perdue – Perdue Farms
• 1992 – William McGowan – MCI Corporation
• 1993 – J. Willard Marriott, Jr. – Marriott International
• 1993 – Jay Van Andel – Amway Corporation
• 1993 – Raymond W. Smith – Bell Atlantic
• 1993 – Rich DeVos – Amway Corporation
• 1994 – Bert C. Roberts – MCI Corporation
• 1994 – H. John Greeniaus – Nabisco, Inc.
• 1995 – Arthur Martinez – Sears, Roebuck & Co.
• 1995 – Robert Palmer – Digital Corporation
• 1996 – Douglas Ivester – Coca-Cola Company
• 1996 – Nolan D. Archibald – Black & Decker
• 1997 – Reuben Mark – Colgate-Palmolive
• 1997 – Martha Stewart – MSL Omnimedia
• 1999 – Dale Morrison – Campbell Soup Co.
• 1999 – Ted Turner – Time Warner
• 2009 – David M. Kelley – IDEO
• 2009 – Susan Desmond-Hellmann – Genentech
• 2010 – A.G. Lafley – Procter & Gamble
• 2010 – Susan Hockfield – MIT
• 2011 – Alan Mulally – Ford Motor Company
• 2011 – John S. Hendricks – Discovery Communications
• 2012 – Chris Anderson – TED
• 2012 – Steve Jobs – Apple, Inc.
• 2013 – Paul E. Jacobs – Qualcomm
• 2014 – Elon Musk – Tesla, SpaceX ^[4]
• 2014 – Yang Yuanqing – Lenovo ^[7]
• 2015 – Clayton M. Christensen – Harvard Business School
• 2015 – Robert A. Lutz – General Motors Company
• 2016 – John Chambers – Cisco Systems, Inc.
• 2017 – Astro Teller – X
• 2017 – Jeff Immelt – General Electric
• 2018 – Marillyn Hewson – Lockheed Martin
• 2019 – Ginni Rometty – IBM
• 2021 – Jennifer Holmgren, Reinhold Schmieding – Arthrex
• 2025 – Jensen Huang – Nvidia

References

1. Elizabeth Sprouse, "How the Edison Awards Work", How Stuff Works, retrieved April 11, 2020
2. MAX TAKES HOME SILVER IN 2020 EDISON AWARDS, GoPro, April 1, 2020, retrieved April 11, 2020
3. Sebastian Howard; Clare Richardson (April 7, 2011), "Your Substantive Awards Show: 2011 Edison Awards Honor Innovation in Technology", Huffington Post, retrieved April 11, 2020
4. Damon Poeter (May 2, 2014), "Edison Awards Honor Elon Musk, Lenovo's Yang Yuanqing", PCMag.com
5. Sonali Basak (April 26, 2013), "Edison awards highlight innovation across American industry titans", Techli, retrieved April 11, 2020
6. Agis Salpukas (August 22, 1993), "Profile: Herbert M. Baum; Quaker State's Quick-Change Artist", New York Times, retrieved April 11, 2020
7. Miguel Helft, "In pursuit of Innovation, a milestone for Lenovo", Fortune.com, May 2, 2014