Rob Snyder - Stream Energy Chairman Named Finalist for American Business Award

Aug. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- The world’s largest network marketer of energy, Stream Energy, announce that chairman Rob Snyder has been named for the second year in a row as a finalist for the American Business Awards’ Chairman of the Year award.  , Chairman Rob Snyder was once again elected because of his role in launching Stream Energy and presiding over its phenomenal growth.  

Snyder  has served as Stream Energy’s chairman since the firm’s inception in 2004. In his role as chairman, Snyder led Stream Energy through its boldest and most strategic plans for growth during 2010 and 2011. Doubling the number of states it serves, the retail energy provider, http://www.streamenergy.net/wp/about-stream/, has expanded to Pennsylvania and Maryland electricity markets. It has signed up more than 75,000 new customers in only six months in these new service areas.

Since its founding, the company has gone through dramatic growth.  The Ignite direct sales marketing force has experienced continued success and has propelled Stream Energy to more than $2 billion in total sales. In 2010 alone, Stream Energy generated over $840 million in revenues. In addition, the firm has more than 484,000 customers in the deregulated energy markets, http://www.streamenergy.net/wp/energy-services/, of four states (Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Maryland).

A respected figure in the energy sector, Snyder was named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year for the Southwest Region in 2008, and has appeared with other key industry leaders on national and local energy panels.  Leading Stream Energy’s charitable efforts, Snyder has committed the company’s support to Captain Hope’s Kids, a nonprofit organization that has assisted more than 30,000 children of homeless families.

The American Business Awards, called the Stevies, were created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of business people worldwide.

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Stream Energy, a privately held retail energy provider, is the largest network marketer of energy in the world. Since Stream Energy’s launch in Texas, it has expanded into the Georgia, Pennsylvania and Maryland deregulated gas and electricity markets. Stream Energy, an energy provider, offers excellent customer service and competitive rates to retail energy customers. Stream Energy’s network marketing arm, Ignite, has consistently ranked among the top direct selling companies in the world.