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Celebrating the fastest-growing UB alumni led businesses

Application submission deadline is April 21, 2023.
Named in honor of UB's founding in 1846, Fast 46 recognizes and celebrates the success of 46 of the fastest-growing businesses owned or led by UB alumni or former students around the world.
2023 Criteria:
Company must have been in operation from at least January 2019 to present.
Company must have verifiable revenues of at least $100,000 in both 2019 and 2020, and a minimum of $250,000 in 2021.
Company must be owned or led by a UB alumnus or former student.
Nominations for 2023 are now closed. Nominated companies now have until April 21, 2023 to submit their application to be considered for 2023.

NOTE: UB reserves the right to verify that applicants meet the criteria and reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject any applicant for any reason.
2023 Fast 46 Celebration
Save the Date! We will celebrate our 2023 finalists and unveil the ranked winners—from 46 to number one—on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at the UB Center for the Arts. More information will be out in July 2023.
Fast 46 Recipients
“Fast 46 has allowed me to reflect on my time at UB and the impact it has had on my personal and professional growth. I am a better leader because of UB and our growth and success is certainly a result of UB’s impact.”
2/8/23
Audrey Hall, CEL ’20, CEL ’15, BS ’12

Eco Serve Pest Services LLC

“Being a Fast 46 recipient is a reminder that this organization is achieving a meaningful mission worth recognition. ”
2/7/23
Nkume Sobe Jr., DPT ’10

Sobe Innovative Rehabilitation
“Fast 46 gave us both a sense of pride seeing all the other successful UB alumni being honored in so many diverse industries and spread out all across the world. It truly made us feel as though we were part of something big and really making a difference. ”
2/8/23
Raymond Hobson, BA ’93, and Jacqueline Hobson, BS ’95
HF Advisory Group
“I appreciate the UB Fast 46 program because it shows how much UB appreciates its alumni, and it’s a great way to connect with the campus.”
2/7/23
Sutanto Adi Lunarso, 'MS '04, BS '03

PT Smart Multi Finance

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Congratulations to the 2022 Fast 46 Companies
Martin Vidal, BA ’03, leads company Trusted Nurse Staffing. They were back on the list again for 2022, coming in at number 13. Here, Martin accepts his award with President Satish K. Tripathi (left) and Bank on Buffalo President Michael Noah (right).

Gabor Somogyi, MBA ’03, speaks after it was announced that his company, Eveliqure Biotechnologies, came in at the number one spot on our 2022 Fast 46 list.

Kathleen Clark, CEL ’10, receives her award onstage with President Satish K. Tripathi (left) and Bank on Buffalo President Michael Noah (right). MidCity Office Furniture came in at number 44 on this year’s list.

Gabor Somogyi (right) celebrates the top spot with his invited guests.

The 2022 Fast 46 recipients gather after the ceremony. Recipients came from five countries around the world and represent nine of our degree schools.

Nkume Sobe Jr., DPT ’10, owner of Sobe Innovative Rehabilitation, joined the list this year at number eight!

Joseph Manzella, CEL ’16, and Jean Gaulin, BS ‘78, from Novum Medical Products of NY, LLC pose with their wives. They came in at number six on this year’s list.

Heather Sidorowicz, CEL ’12, BA ’99, and her team from Southtown Audio Video joined the list this year at number 33.

Frank Ewing, JD ’12, and his guests celebrate AML RightSource coming in at number eleven on this year’s Fast 46 list.

Mary Collins, CEL ’98, BA ’75, owner of Collins Advisors LLC, joined the list this year at number 30. Here she smiles with her guests.

Richard Henry, BS ’90, from CPL, smiles with his wife after coming in at number 31 on this year’s Fast 46 list.

The team at Buffalo Construction Consultants, Inc. celebrate with recipient Joseph Mannarino, PhD ’01, MBA ’90, BS ’88 (third from left). They came in at number three this year.

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More information
Contact Krystal Testa, Director of Alumni Events, at kntesta@buffalo.edu or by phone at 716-645-0886.

Past Recipients