Top 10 Successful Entrepreneurs To Look Out For In 2022

The year 2022 is on the horizon, and with it comes new trends, new technologies, and plenty of new opportunities for businesses to succeed - and even fail. With so many entrepreneurs starting up new companies every day, you’d be wise to pay attention to the ones who will succeed where others will falter. We’ve compiled a list of 10 successful entrepreneurs who are already making waves in their respective industries, and we think they’ll continue doing so well into 2022.

Christelle Eyebe

Christelle Eyebe is commonly known as @chrsty_diamont. He has been passionate about art since he was little. After his secondary studies, he decided to enroll in a model design school here in Brussels, finally to perfect his art.

After his studies, he created the Luc'Angel brand. The fashion house Luc'Angel is a company producing haute couture, ready-to-wear clothing, and various others in the luxury industry. Luc'Angel is the art of know-how. In 2021 they presented an haute couture collection during Milan fashion week. This year 2022 in the month of but they presented a ready-to-wear collection during the Top Model Europe event.

Gary Geiman

Gary Geiman is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, podcaster, and business growth expert. His 30-year career has included owning multiple businesses in financial services, hospitality, and digital marketing services. He currently is the CEO/Founder of DMN8 Partners in Covington, KY.

Gary’s mission and purpose is to help entrepreneurs and business owners succeed in life and in business. He consults and assists them in creating a bulletproof business and creating the best version of themselves by defining core values for them and their organization. He focuses on leadership development, sales strategy and improving marketing processes.

Today, Gary owns and operates DMN8 Partners, a business consulting and revenue growth focused company that helps business owners dominate their competition and market. He speaks regularly across the country about leadership development, building winning marketing processes, and creating unstoppable sales teams to help entrepreneurs create the best version of themselves and their business. You can find him daily on his podcast DMN8 The Day.

Omar Al Ashi 

Omar Al Ashi is the Founder/CEO of Urent, the first Multi-Category P2P Vehicle Rental Marketplace, Dubbed as the Airbnb of Mobility by Arabian Business. An idea that all stemmed from Omar’s passion for cars, having jumped from completing undergrad in industrial engineering at the University of Toronto, to working towards launching his first startup without any corporate experience. Omar designed his entire platform while he attended undergrad being a UI/UX designer. Omar started working on his product at the age of 22, and launched it at the age of 25. 

Today, Urent stands as the first P2P Vehicle rental marketplace offering up to 5 vehicle categories for listing & renting, and is the fastest growing startup in the United Arab Emirates generating $2.4 million dollars in the first 16 months of operation. Urent recently signed a global partnership with Europcar mobility group to become their digital transformation leg in 140+ countries & helping them maximize utilization rates, and offer Europcar customers a full digital experience via our platform, available on (iOS, Android, Huawei Gallery) as well as desktop version.

Robert Nichols 

Robert Nichols is the Owner of Union UTA Martial Arts/SAMI Combat Systems of NJ. A Martial Artist for over 32 years his focus is on using martial arts as a vehicle for motivation and building confidence in others. Having run his school for over 20 years, he sees the changes in the way people learn and interact with others, and uses his martial arts teaching to help improve their lives. Also a martial arts business consultant and public motivational speaker, he advertises himself as an "average guy," that uses hard work and determination to achieve goals. 

Through Covid closures, he was able to keep his business going by providing online classes for his students, and more importantly, logistic and emotional support for kids. His new book, "Earn a Black Belt in...an Average guy's Guide to Life" is not available.

Rebecca Russell 

Rebecca Russell is the owner of Lash My World. Lash My World first gained its reputation by being known for doing quality work, when performing eyelash extension services. Located on Wasatch boulevard,with a scenic route that brings thousands of visitors to Salt Lake City every year, this busy salon before the pandemic had 12 trained and certified lash techs with a full clientele.

During the pandemic, she turned Lash My World into a full service salon! She added 8 hair stylists , 1 esthetician specializing in skin care, and a nail technician. Her team first started with 1 other lash tech and herself. Each year they continued to grow. They currently have 24 team members and still adding more! Between 2018-2022 Lash My World has become an award winning business, winning multiple awards! She still have big dreams for the future of her company.

Dr. Parul Dua Makkar 

Dr. Parul Dua Makkar considers herself a citizen of the world. Born in India, Raised in Abu Dubai, she then completed her Bachelor of Science, graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of Central Oklahoma. She then completed her Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Oklahoma and practiced Dentistry in Calgary, AB. She then relocated to New York, completing a Graduate Program Residency at Staten Island University Hospital and eventually starting her own practice in Long Island, NY where she currently resides. She started a startup PDM Family Dental and has been nominated for 2020 and 2021 as Bethpage Best of Long Island. She was also the winner of the Denobi Awards 2022 for her contributions to the field of Dentistry as well as the Herald Excellence in Health Care Award 2022.  

The turning point in her career was losing her younger and only sibling, Dr. Manu Dua to Oral cancer in 2021. He was also a Dentist in Calgary. Since his passing, she has made it a mission to spread awareness of Oral Cancer and be an advocate for Early Diagnosis. She has done so by publishing many articles in Dental Journals and educating other Doctors through Continuing Education Courses and giving lectures. She has been featured by several podcasts, Dental Magazines and interviewed by the Canadian and American Dental Associations on this manner. Dr. Manu Dua reflected on life as he faced his own mortality at age 34. He wrote a series of blogs that Dr. Parul Dua Makkar helped publish posthumously. She has written the Foreword and the Epilogue for this book, "Life Interrupted, Dr. Dua's Survival Guide", available at any book store worldwide. She also hosts the podcast of the same name on Itunes, Gaana, Apple, Spotify and Amazon. In these podcasts she talks about life and the Book with other Dental Specialists and Doctors.

Judith Richey

Judith Richey is the founder and creator of A Force For Transformation. As a successful, certified Healing From The Body Level Up practitioner, she discovered the need in the mindset industry for a method that genuinely healed what was underneath the self-sabotage, limiting beliefs and blocks that were keeping women entrepreneurs from reaching new levels of success in their businesses. After training and being certified in several healing modalities, she created her Awaken, Breakthrough and Transformation process. During this process, Judith guides her clients to Awaken with awareness to identify the underlying causes of their blocks.

She then helps them Breakthrough their blocks using proven spiritual and energetic healing techniques guided by their deepest wisdom to find Transformation in their businesses and personal lives successfully. Through her work, Judith consistently helps women entrepreneurs grow their businesses to multiple six figures. Because of her client's successes, her business has grown through the power of referrals. As a result, Judith is now opening her practice with a group program to benefit even more women entrepreneurs.

Braunda Smith

Braunda Smith is the chef/owner of Lucy Cooper’s Ice House in San Antonio, Texas. A working wife and mom of six, she always had a dream of having a successful business in the bar/restaurant industry. After all her blood, sweat, tears and determination that dream came true and Lucy Cooper’s opened its doors in Dec. 2018. From the moment the doors opened, she found herself leading the charge on being woman owned establishment. However, within the first year open the whole world changed. Covid happened and she found herself as the unintentional spokeswoman for the unfair treatment of the service industry during the shutdowns. Despite the struggle and limitations of the pandemic, she and her husband persevered and kept their business afloat. Now, she is continuing to grow and expand her brand, by opening a second location. Smith is working hard to be an inspirational leader to women across Texas.

Bette Hochberger CPA, CGMA

Bette Hochberger is the founder and CEO of Bette Hochberger, Inc. She began her firm in 2012 after working in public accounting for many years. Initially focused on the underserved market of women entrepreneurs, her firm and interests rapidly expanded to work with law firms, consultants, and real estate firms. With experience in the startup worlds of Miami and Boston, she later developed into the world of venture capital-backed startups. After her experience as an undergraduate at MIT and graduate school at Nova Southeastern University, Bette Hochberger became passionate about expanding opportunities for women in leadership, STEM, and business.

Bette Hochberger Inc. has grown exponentially since the pandemic, focusing on serving tech companies, cryptocurrency connoisseurs, and other niche businesses. Bette Hochberger tailors her services to her client’s needs. Bette Hochberger’s firm is a full-virtual finance department for small and medium-sized companies that want to compete with their larger counterparts.

Kate Maguire

Kate Maguire had a life-changing experience when she was 27 with her own health. Modern-day medicine and pharmaceuticals were suggested, and she pursued another path. Her experience with natural health solutions was so profound that she knew she had to work in the natural health field someway or somehow.

As a sales-driven and ambitious individual, Kate realized she could marry the two concepts of a passion of natural health and her love and pursuit of business. That drove her to start her own sales, marketing, and distribution company in the natural health channel. She was committed to let the world know that there are other options in health and this was her way to contribute. Bringing products to market that help people, not hurt them.

Final Thoughts

As we approach the end of 2022, there are several top entrepreneurs that are making headlines in 2023 and beyond. Each of these individuals has made it big in their respective industries, and we are looking forward to seeing what they’ll accomplish in the years to come.