The Corne¬ Daily Sun Beck ’90 Wins Entrepreneur of the Year Award

By CAMDEN WEHRLE

Entrepreneurship at Cornell recently announced Barry Beck ’90 as the recipient of the 2023 Entrepreneur of the Year award, which University President Martha Pollack will present to him at the annual Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration on April 14.

Beck, who studied in the School of Industrial Labor Relations, has founded several companies, such as Tower Systems, a chain management store company, and dental technology platform Evenly.

Most notably, he co-founded cosmetic and wellness brand Bluemercury with his wife, Marla Beck, in 1999.

Entrepreneurship at Cornell has honored alumni annually since 1984. According to Debra Moesch, assistant director of Entrepreneurship at Cornell, a committee composed of faculty and alumni generally evaluates between 20 to 40 nominees yearly. Past winners have included Sanford Weill ’55, the former CEO of Citigroup, and Niraj Shah