FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- High-achieving organizations and executives around the world have been recognized as Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in (IBAs), the world's only international, all-encompassing business awards program.
More than 3,800 nominations from organizations in 78 nations and territories were evaluated by more than 210 business professionals serving as judges on . Winners were selected based on the average scores assigned during the independent judging process.
A complete list of 2026 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners by category is available at .
The top winner of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards is Viettel. Viettel organizations worldwide earned a total of 28 awards, led by Viettel Cambodia Pte., Ltd. and Viettel Peru S.A.C. with six awards each. Other winning Viettel organizations included Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation, Viettel Burundi (Lumitel), Viettel Solutions, Viettel Tanzania PLC (Halotel), Viettel Global, Viettel Group, Viettel IDC, and Viettel Timor.
Globe Telecoms, Inc., Manila, Philippines
Cathay United Bank, Taipei, Taiwan LLYC, Madrid, Spain Tata Consultancy Services, various locations
Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan HALKBANK, Atasehir, Türkiye IBM, various locations Megaworld Foundation, Inc. and Megaworld Lifestyle Malls, Taguig City, Philippines pladis, İstanbul, Türkiye QNB, İstanbul, Türkiye The Development Bureau of the HKSARG and the Construction Industry Council, Hong Kong
CarrefourSA, Maltepe, Türkiye Leobit, Austin, TX, USA Miral, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Customs, Abu Dhabi, UAE Addvox, Mexico City, Mexico AS Watson, Milan, Italy and Hong Kong Beyaz Kağıt San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Adana, Türkiye Cebuana Lhuillier, Makati City, Philippines Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, USA George Capital Finance Solutions, Sydney, Australia HeyMo® The Experience Design Company, İstanbul, Türkiye Noguchi x, Budapest, Hungary Türkiye Sigorta, Besiktas, Türkiye
Winners will be honored during a red-carpet awards event on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris, France. The event will also recognize winners in this year's Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, and the German Stevie Awards. The ceremony will be streamed live worldwide, and tickets are now on sale.
"We congratulate all of the winners in the 2026 International Business Awards for their outstanding achievements," said . "This year's winners reflect the remarkable innovation, leadership, and creativity we see across organizations of all sizes and industries around the world. Their accomplishments set a high standard for excellence, and we look forward to celebrating their achievements on stage in Paris this October."
The International Business Awards are presented by the Stevie Awards organization, producer of nine of the world's leading business awards programs, including and the
The International Business Awards® are the world's premier business awards program. All organizations worldwide—public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small—are eligible to submit nominations.
Known as the "International Stevies," the IBAs recognize achievement across spanning every aspect of the workplace. Categories honor organizations, executives, entrepreneurs, teams, products and services, technology, AI innovation and transformation, marketing, public relations, customer service, human resources, websites, apps, events, publications, videos, podcasts, sustainability, thought leadership, and public sector and government innovation, among many others.
The 2026 IBAs also feature dedicated categories recognizing excellence in AI Innovation & Transformation and Public Sector & Government Innovation, reflecting the evolving landscape of global business.
Nominations for the 2027 edition of The IBAs will be accepted starting in February.
Since 2002, the Stevie Awards have been among the world's premier business awards programs, recognizing outstanding achievements in the workplace worldwide. The name "Stevie" is derived from the Greek word , meaning "crowned."
The Stevie Awards include nine business awards programs:
Each year, the Stevie Awards receive more than from organizations in more than , recognizing organizations of every size and the professionals behind their success.
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