SAP Fuels Growth and Success for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® Recipients

SAP NEWSBYTE - - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) empowers some of North America’s most innovative and inspiring companies to achieve growth and success, including four of the national winners of the 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® award, the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs.

Ernst & Young recognized 10 entrepreneurs across a broad range of industry and solution areas that demonstrate innovation, financial success and personal commitment to create and build world-class businesses. SAP customers recognized as winners of this year’s award include:

* Retail & Consumer: Jack Link, CEO, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky
Link was selected for growing Jack Link’s Beef Jerky from a small beef processing operation in 1986 to the No. 1 U.S. meat snack brand.

* Distribution and Manufacturing: Thad W. Simons, Jr., president, CEO, Novus International, Inc.
Simons was chosen for transforming Novus International, Inc., from a one-product spinoff from Monsanto into a diversified, global manufacturer of health and nutrition products for livestock, pets and people.

These fast-growth companies join a long list of past winners that have also trusted SAP to help further their success. For more information about the Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year program, visit www.ey.com/us/eoy.