Minnesota Business Hall of Fame

2021 Inductees

Rodney Young portrait

Rodney Young

The veteran Delta Dental CEO has increased access to dental care, and he’s leading business efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Jeff Gau portrait

Jeff Gau

With infectious energy and a salesman’s intuition, he grew a small St. Cloud typewriter shop into a national IT company.

Cheri Beranek Portrait

Cheri Beranek

She’s grown a telecom startup into a go-to firm for rural broadband connectivity.

Hoyt Hsiao Portrait

Hoyt Hsiao

The CEO and president of Shaw-Lundquist Associates Inc. continues to build on his father’s visionary leadership as one of the nation’s largest Asian-American contractors.

Richard and Larry D’Amico

Richard and Larry D’Amico

They transformed the Twin Cities’ food culture, creating a legacy that will last for generations.