Five Georgians got EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015 Awards, including an Atlantan who won one for lifetime achievement.

Five Georgians got EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015 Awards, including one Atlantan who won one for lifetime achievement.

The awards, handed out in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday evening, recognize entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

Winners from Georgia:

Lifetime Achievement -- Parker H. “Pete” Petit, chairman and CEO of Marietta, Ga.-based MiMedx

Hospitality & Retail -- Reade Fahs, CEO, and Bruce Steffey, president and chief operating officer of Duluth, Ga.-based National Vision Inc.

Technology -- David Northington, chairman and CEO of Atlanta-based Cloud Sherpas

Workplace Services -- Raj Sardana, chairman and CEO of Duluth-based American CyberSystems Inc.