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Rochester Business Hall of Fame

Rochester Business Hall of Fame Invitation

Event Completed!


When: Thursday, October 12, 2023
Where: Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention
Time: 5:30 PM ET
 
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2023 ROCHESTER BUSINESS HALL OF FAME LAUREATES!

Junior Achievement, the Rochester Business Journal and the Rochester Museum and Science Center today announced the 2023 inductees for the Rochester Business Hall of Fame:

Susan R. Holliday, Former President, Publisher & Owner, Rochester Business Journal

Richard R . LeFrois, CEO, LeFrois Builders and Developers Inc.
President, LeFrois Builders South, Inc .

Martin Mucci, Chairman of the Board, Paychex, Inc.

Arthur Wolcott, Founder and Chairman, Seneca Foods Corporation (posthumous award)

Established in 2001, the Rochester Business Hall of Fame is presented annually by Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York, the Rochester Business Journal and the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Honorees are selected by the Hall of Fame Committee, which is advised by an independent group that includes past inductees.

The 2023 Rochester Business Hall of Fame induction dinner will take place on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Proceeds from ticket and sponsorship sales support Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York, providing local JA students with financial literacy, entrepreneurial, work readiness and career awareness skills that are critical to future success.

2023 Class of the Rochester Business Hall of Fame

Image of Susan Holliday

Susan Holliday

Former President, Publisher & Owner Rochester Business Journal
Image of Richard LeFrois

Richard LeFrois

CEO, LeFrois Builders and Developers Inc. President, LeFrois Builders South, Inc.
Image of Martin Mucci

Martin Mucci

Chairman of the Board Paychex, Inc.
Image of Arthur Wolcott

Arthur Wolcott

Founder and Chairman Seneca Foods Corporation

Arthur Wolcott

2023 Rochester Business Hall of Fame Inductee

Martin Mucci

2023 Rochester Business Hall of Fame Inductee

Richard R. LeFrois

2023 Rochester Business Hall of Fame Inductee

Susan Holliday

2023 Rochester Business Hall of Fame Inductee

2023 Rochester Business Hall of Fame Photos

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