The Deal Maker Awards have been awarded by the ACG Cleveland chapter since 1997. Here is everyone that has won an ACG Cleveland Deal Maker Award.
1997
- Blue Coral
- Charles Emerick/Calfee Halter
- Janna Industries
- Kirtland Capital
- Mathew Hanson/Hanson & Co.
- Olympic Steel
- Premier Car Rental
- STERIS
- The Gradall Co.
- Waterlink, Inc
1998
- Ben Venue Lab
- Bill Schecter/Nat City Capital
- Buck Carr/McDonald & Co.
- Cole National
- Eaton Corp
- GKN Sinter Metal
- Linsalata Capital
- Vikimatic Sales
1999
- American Architectural Products
- D. Victory/Cascade Capital
- ESSEF Corp.
- Parker-Hannifin
- Penton Media
- Primus Venture
2000
- Cohen, Ron
- FirstEnergy
- Stoneridge
- Transtar Industries
- TRW
2001
- CSM Industries
- Myer Industries
- OM Group
- The Riverside Company
- Warren, Russ
2002
- FirstEnergy
- Kenan Advantage
- Morgenthaler
- Nottingham-Spirk
- OM Group
- Parker Hannifin
2003
- Advanced Ceramic/Dan T. Moore Co.
- International Steel Group
- Republic Engineered Products
- Tom Sullivan
- The Riverside Company
2004
- Developers Diversified
- Michael Feuer
- The Riverside Company
- Jack Turben
2005
- Corrpro
- Linsalata Capital
- National City
- Smuckers
- Thermagon
2006
- Argo-Tech Corporation
- Blue Point Capital Partners
- Lubrizol Corporation
- Olglebay Norton Company
- Tom Roulston
- Wastequip, Inc.
2007
- Aleris International
- Cedar Fair
- Insurance.com
- Primus Venture Partners
2008
- First Communications
- Kirtland Capital Partners
- William B. Summers
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- TransDigm Group Inc.
2009
- David Morgenthaler
- PartsSource, LLC
- Resilience Capital Partners
- The Riverside Company
- Whole Health Management
2010
- Cliffs Natural Resources
- Dealer Tire
- TransDigm Group Inc.
2011
- A Schulman, Inc.
- A. Malachi Mixon III
- Fairmount Minerals
- Shearer's Foods
- The Riverside Company
2012
- Linsalata Capital Partners
- OM Group, Inc.
- The Lubrizol Corporation
- TransDigm Group Inc.
2013
- Blue Point Capital Partners
- RPM
- STERIS
- US Endoscopy
2014
- American Greetings
- Evolution Capital Partners
- PolyOne
- The Riverside Company
2015
- 2016 RNC Committee
- Blue Point Capital Partners
- Fairmount Santrol
- Hyland Software
- Signet Jewelers
2016
- Area Wide Protective
- Ferro Corporation
- Resilience Capital Partners
- The J. M. Smucker Company
2017
- CapitalWorks
- Diebold-Nixdorf
- Huntington National Bank
- Jim Hill
- Trademark Global
2018
- Blue Point Capital Partners
- Karen Tuleta (MPE Partners)
- Nordson Corporation
- Park Place Technologies
- Parker-Hannifin Corporation
2019
- Align Capital Partners
- CPP / Selnet
- Robert McCreary
- MediQuant
- Ann Pombier (Nordson)
- Timken
2020
- Edgewater Capital Partners
- Lisa Kunkle (PolyOne Corp)
- MobilityWorks
- MRI Software
- Parker Hannifin
2022
- Blue Point Capital Partners
- Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
- Dan T. Moore, III
- The Riverside Company
2023
- Align Capital Partners
- Prince & Izant Company
- Avient
- Universal Windows Direct / Great Day Improvements
- Rebecca White, Kenan Advantage Group Inc.