Vircom's Young Ceo Wins Entrepreneurship Award

Marcus E. Howerton, president and CEO of Hampton-based Vircom Computers Inc., was named Virginia Young Entrepreneur of the Year in a contest sponsored by the consulting firm Ernst & Young.
Vircom assembles computers and buys close-out and liquidation models from other companies, selling them through the Internet at www.vircomcomputers.com

Howerton, 30, founded the company with his brother, Walter, in April 1995, after selling MicroServe, a company he started at age 19. Vircom had $12 million in revenues in 1997 and has done $8.5 million in sales so far this year.


Howerton's award was announced at a ceremony Thursday in Richmond. He will travel to Palm Springs, Calif., for Ernst & Young's International Conference Nov. 12-15, where he is eligible for the Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Other winners of the year were:

* Technology Entrepreneur: John H. Fain, Metro Information Services, Virginia Beach.

* Emerging Entrepreneur: Robert P. DeLille, Creative Office Environments LLC, Richmond.

* Master Entrepreneur: Robert W. Bailie, Insulation Consulting & Supply, Mechanicsville.

* Services Entrepreneur: Christine B. Cottrell, Retail Data Services, Richmond.

* Retail and Consumer Products Entrepreneur: Owais A. Dagra, Southern Retailers, Richmond.

* Wholesale and Distribution Entrepreneur: J. Christopher Lansing, Ted Lansing Corp., Richmond.

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