Winners will be celebrated at an awards gala on 10 October in Lisbon, Portugal
TheStevie® Awards, organizers of the world's premier business awards programs, have announced the winners of six Grand (“best in show”) Stevie Award trophies in The 2025 (22nd Annual)International Business Awards®, the world's leadingbusiness awards competition.
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Nominees in the 2025 International Business Awards were not able to apply for Grand Stevie Awards directly. Winners of “most honored” Grand Stevies were determined by a points system based on the total number of awards won in the IBAs, with a Gold Stevie win counting for three points, a Silver Stevie win for two points, and a Bronze Stevie win for 1.5 points.
This year's Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners in The International Business Awards were announced on 13 August. Those Stevie winners and the winners of the Grand Stevies announced today will be recognized during an awards gala in Lisbon, Portugal on 10 October.
Winners of the 2025 Grand Stevie Awards are:
Organization of the Year
Cathay Financial, including Cathay United Bank and Cathay Securities Corporation, wins this year's honor with 56 award points, earned on the basis of nine Gold, four Silver, and 14 Bronze Stevie wins. Cathay Financial is a major financial holding company offering a range of financial products and services through its subsidiaries, including insurance, banking, and investment services. Cathay Financial is known for its strong presence in Taiwan and its expanding reach in the Asia Pacific region. This is the first-ever Grand Stevie win for Taiwan.
Most Honored Marketing AgencyLounge Group, Budapest, Hungary, wins this top honor for the second year in a row, on the basis of seven Gold, two Silver, and one Bronze Stevie wins (26.5 points) for campaigns on behalf of a number of clients.
Most Honored Public Relations AgencyZIMAT, Mexico City, Mexico, wins with five Gold, two Silver, and four Bronze Stevie wins (25 points) for communications campaigns and publications on behalf of a range of their clients. This marks Mexico's first Grand Stevie Award win.
Most Honored Awards AgencyAnnette Densham, Award Writing Specialist, based in Bali, Indonesia, is the first winner of this new Grand Stevie Award, on the basis of 16 Gold, 10 Silver, and 17 Bronze Stevie wins (93.5 points) for nominations prepared and submitted on behalf of a wide range of small businesses in Australia. Densham won a top-five Grand Stevie in last year's Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
Highest-rated Nomination of the YearThe Gold Stevie-winning nomination of Ivan Shvaichenko, CEO of cloud-gaming platform Boosteroid, is this year's winner with an average score of 9.42 out of a possible 10. Gold Stevie winner for Best Entrepreneur – Computer Services, the Ukraine native is now based in Austin, Texas USA.
Highest-rated New Product or Service Nomination of the YearThis year's honor goes to ExtendMax Vietnam Company Limited, Hanoi, for the nomination entitled “Pioneering End-to-End IOR/EOR Services in Vietnam's Compliance Market,” which won the Gold Stevie for Best New Business-to-Business Service. This is the first Grand Stevie Award win for Vietnam.
Maggie Miller, President of the Stevie Awards, stated, “The six Grand Stevie Award winners embody the remarkable diversity and excellence of the entries we received in the 2025 IBAs. In an era of constant change, leading organizations continue to adapt and excel. Our judges were deeply impressed by the creativity, ingenuity, and expertise these winners have demonstrated in advancing their organizations over the past two years. We look forward with great anticipation to celebrating these distinguished recipients at the upcoming gala in Lisbon.”
The International Business Awards feature a wide variety of categories to recognize achievement in every facet of work life, includingmanagement awards,new product awards,marketing awards,PR awards,customer service awards,website awards, and more.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements in the 2025 IBAs were determined by the average scores of more than250 professionals worldwide in the three-month judging process. Winners were selected from more than 3,800 nominations submitted by organizations in 78 nations and territories.
The nomination process for the 2026 IBAs will open in February. For more information about The International Business Awards, including a complete list of all Stevie Award winners in the 2025 competition, visitwww.StevieAwards.com/IBA.
About the Stevie® AwardsStevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations and territories. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards athttp://www.StevieAwards.com.
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