NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jul 6, 2016) - DigitalOcean, provider of the cloud computing platform designed for developers, today announced that its co-founders Ben Uretsky, CEO, and Moisey Uretsky, CPO, have received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016 New York Award in the Technology Infrastructure category: http://www.ey.com/US/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/MET-NY_Article_Regional_Winners.

The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award program, now in its 30th year, honors entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, spirit of innovation, and discipline have propelled their companies' success, invigorated their industries, and benefited their communities.

Founded in 2011, DigitalOcean has become one of the fastest growing cloud computing platforms and New York City startups under the leadership of Ben and Moisey Uretsky. The simple, on-demand platform currently supports more than 700,000 registered customers worldwide, and the company continues to innovate its platform for developers and businesses.

"Our primary goal with DigitalOcean from the beginning has been to simplify the complexities of infrastructure by offering one simple and robust platform for developers to easily launch and scale their businesses and apps," said Ben Uretsky, co-founder and CEO of DigitalOcean. "It's an honor to be recognized with this prestigious award, one that wouldn't be possible without a hard-working and dedicated team of DigitalOcean employees who support and drive our vision."

"DigitalOcean was founded with a core focus of delivering love to the developer community and it's amazing to see how that focus has resonated with our customers worldwide," said Moisey Uretsky, co-founder and CPO of DigitalOcean.

About DigitalOcean
Founded in 2011, DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider focused on simplifying web infrastructure for software developers. DigitalOcean has become the second largest and fastest growing cloud computing platform in the total number of public facing apps and websites, according to Netcraft.com. The company has raised $123 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Access Industries, IA Ventures, CrunchFund, and Techstars. The company is headquartered in New York City with data center regions throughout the world. For more information, simply visit https://www.digitalocean.com or follow @digitalocean.

About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year®
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 145 cities in more than 60 countries.