H.A. "Dave" True - was also the winner in the Business Category, because of his accomplishments in a variety of commercial endeavors. Owner of True Oil, True Drilling, and True Service Company, he was a major marketer of crude oil in the Rocky Mountain region. He formed the Belle Fourche Pipeline Company, which built the first pipeline out of the central Powder River Basin area. True owned several trucking operations, which were consolidated as Black Hills Trucking and he eventually acquired the Hilltop National Bank in Casper. His company headquarters remain in Casper and the True Companies continue to provide employment to people throughout the state.

Fred Goodstein - beginning in the scrap metal business, he eventually amassed a fortune estimated to be at between three hundred and five hundred million dollars.

Clarene Law - owns several hotels in the Jackson area and has investments in properties throughout Sheridan.

Glenn Nielson - owner of Husky Oil, he eventually sold his holdings for an amount purported to be in excess of 100 million dollars.

Patrick Quealy - son of Wyoming pioneers, Quealy’s varied business enterprises helped to develop the Kemmerer area. Newell Sargent - founder of Fremont Beverage, his company was instrumental in the building of a cooperative canning plant in Worland.

Homer Scott - his banking interests evolved into the thirty-four office First Interstate Bank Organization, serving Wyoming and Montana.

Tom Stroock - chief executive officer and chairman of Alpha Leasing Corporation, he also served as a director of Wyoming Bancorp in Cheyenne and First Wyoming Banks of Casper.

Bud Webster - in 1997 he completed his sixtieth year as the Chevrolet Dealer in Cody and was honored for the distinction of having the longest operating dealership in the nation.

John Wold - a geologist, Wold started his own business as a consultant and later built companies in the oil and minerals industries.