Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith honored as Entrepreneur of the Year

SALT LAKE CITY — He innovated a product category that did not exist 16 years ago and quietly built one of Utah's most valuable companies, opening offices around the world and amassing a corporate client list that numbers near 9,000 and includes most of the Fortune 100 and 99 of the top 100 business schools.He also launched an effort to find a cure for cancer — a disease his father successfully battled — setting a goal of raising $50 million and using a unique opportunity to spo