Photo Release -- Autotrader CEO Chip Perry Lifts the World's Largest Gold Trophy at the Inaugural iGATE CEO Cup Golf Tournament
1/14/2013 2:34 AM EST
iGATE Corporation
Press release
Photo Release -- Autotrader CEO Chip Perry Lifts the World's Largest Gold
Trophy at the Inaugural iGATE CEO Cup Golf Tournament
Donates Prize Money to Watauga (N.C.) Humane Society
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., 2013-01-14 08:34 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CEOs from
North American companies, ranging from Autotrader to Dillards, won $100,000 for
their charities of choice as they competed in the inaugural iGATE CEO Cup golf
tournament, Jan. 12-13, 2013 at the Stadium Course at TPC® Sawgrass in Ponte
Vedra Beach, Fla. iGATE (Nasdaq:IGTE), the first integrated technology and
operations company providing Business Outcomes-based solutions, in association
with Forbes and co-sponsored by NYSE Euronext, invited CEOs based in North
America to compete in the iGATE CEO Cup, a first-class, championship-style golf
tournament on a world-renowned golf course. Nine-time major golf champion and
co-host Gary Player presented the winner of the iGATE CEO Cup, Autotrader CEO
Chip Perry, with the world's largest gold sports trophy. Twenty-one inches
tall, weighing 8.6 kilograms of gold and emblazoned with diamonds and rubies,
the trophy is larger than the iconic FIFA World Cup trophy.
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"This was truly a life experience," said Chip Perry, Autotrader CEO and iGATE
CEO Cup grand prize winner. "To compete at this venue on this stage blew away
all my expectations. Just the chance to compete was a privilege and to win was
something I never dreamed of. Also, to be able to win money for a charity near
and dear to me was just wonderful."
"We are thrilled how the weekend developed," said Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGATE.
"The CEOs enjoyed a unique and world-class experience, and we were able to help
charities from across the country. We look forward to growing the event and
doing even more good through the game of golf."
Prizes were awarded to the top three gross, net and team scores. The Watauga
(N.C.) Humane Society and Make-a-Wish Foundation are among the charities that
will benefit, as winners donate their winnings from the two-day golf
tournament. Winners included:
Place Prize CEO Company Charity Hometown
GROSS
1st $20,000 Chip Perry Autotrader Watauga (N.C.) Humane Blowing
Place Society Rock, NC
2nd $10,000 Lawrence Sustainable Sustainable Preservation New York,
Place Coben Preservation Initiative NY
3rd $5,000 Darron AppSense New Fairfield/Sherman New York,
Place Antill Animal Welfare Society NY
NET
1st $20,000 Mark Targetbase Make-A-Wish Foundation Dallas,
Place Wright Texas
2nd $10,000 Nikolas Aegean Marine George Jackson Academy Rowayton,
Place Tavlarios Conn.
3rd $5,000 Bill Dillards First Tee of Little Rock Little
Place Dillard Rock,
Ark.
TEAM
1st $20,000 Chip Perry Autotrader Watauga (N.C.) Humane Blowing
Place Society Rock, NC
Phaneesh iGATE Tiger Preservation Fremont,
Murthy Calif.
2nd $10,000 Mark Targetbase Make-A-Wish Foundation Dallas,
Place Wright Texas
&
Billy
Sewell
Player, a Hall of Famer and one of five golfers to win golf's career Grand
Slam, conducted a golf clinic for CEOs playing in the event and participated in
tournament receptions and the awards ceremony. An accomplished businessman and
renowned golf-course architect with more than 325 course designs, Player said:
"The most important thing is that charity was the winner. Golf is the greatest
catalyst of any sports to raise money, and it is wonderful that businessmen are
giving their time."
Renowned sculptor Amit Pabuwal, based in Jaipur, India, was commissioned to
create the iGATE CEO Cup trophy. Distinguished for his work creating
one-of-a-kind trophies for other sporting events, Pabuwal holds the world's
highest credentials in trophy making. He has crafted several world cups, which
are acclaimed for their design and workmanship. Most notably, he designed the
world's first Guinness world-record trophy Trilok Rachna. Now, Pabuwal will
have entries in the Guinness Book of World Records under the categories of both
largest silver trophy and largest gold trophy.
The iGATE CEO Cup trophy design is unique, blending the modern trophy form with
a Victorian effect of hand-crafted work and carved figures on the trophy. The
trophy has golf players embossed outside with the inside area depicting grass.
At the center of the front of the trophy, a diamond-studded golf ball and a
rubies-studded North American map serve as a symbol of North American corporate
representatives competing in a golf tournament. The trophy has two golfers
embossed with an opening at the center signifying the charitable outreach of
the CEOs who will be donating their prize money to their respective charities.
The back of the trophy depicts four golfers at play in a semi-abstract art form
with their golf clubs at the bottom. The golf ball at the center along with the
iGATE logo is diamond studded, while the map of North America is studded with
rubies.
About iGATE
iGATE Corporation is the first integrated technology and operations (iTOPS)
company providing full-spectrum consulting, technology and business process
outsourcing, and product and engineering solutions on a Business Outcomes-based
model. Armed with over three decades of IT Services experience and powered by
the iTOPS platform, iGATE's multi-location global organization has a talent
pool of over 27,000 employees and consistently delivers effective solutions to
over 300 clients including Fortune 1000 companies spanning verticals such as:
banking and financial services; insurance and healthcare; life sciences;
manufacturing, retail, distribution and logistics; media, entertainment,
leisure and travel; communication, energy and utilities; public sector; and
independent software vendors. Please visit www.igate.com for more information.
iGATE Corporation is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol
"IGTE."
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