Staff, The Business Journals Apr 8, 2016
The Women’s President Organization and American Express released its ninth annual ranking of the 50 fastest-growing companies led or owned by women.
The top company: S’well, the New York City-based beverage bottle manufacturer, lead by owner Sarah Kauss, has clocked $47.2 million in revenue in 2015. S’well recently made a deal with Target to bring a specialized line to the company’s store shelves. Read more here about Kauss’ defining moments in the company’s growth.
Coming in second is Pinnacle Group, the IT workforce staffing solutions firm lead by Nina Vaca of Dallas.This 20-year veteran of staffing broken the billion-dollar barrier in 2015. Read more about Vaca in our Bizwomen Interview.
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Privately held companies reaching revenues of $2 million in 2015 qualify for the list. Of the top 50, 92 percent are led by founders; and 44 percent do business globally.
Here are the others:
3. Orangetheory Fitness, Ft. Lauderdale; Ellen Latham
4. Morning Star Financial Services, Golden Valley, Minn.; Dr. Rebecca Thomley
5. E2 Optics, Englewood, Colo.; Kristi Alford
6. Aerial Development Group, Nashville; Britnie Turner Founder
7. BlackLine, Woodland Hills, Calif.; Therese Tucker
8. Matisia Consultants, Seattle; Kristina Roth
9. BrightStar Franchising LLC, Gurnee, Ill.; Shelly Sun
10. Legion Logistics, LLC, Florence, Ky.; Lacy Starling
11. Kay Ivie Ivie & Associates, Inc., Flower Mound, Tex.; Kay Ivie
12. Akorbi, Plano, Tex. Claudia Mirza
13. Erkunt Tractor Industries, Inc., Ankara, Turkey; Zeynep Erkunt Armagan
14. Strategy and Management Services, Inc., Springfield, Va.; Staci L. Redmon
15. TransPerfect, New York, N.Y.; Liz Elting
16. Xtreme Solutions Inc., Atlanta; Phyllis Newhouse
17. Tribal Tech, LLC, Alexandria, Va.; Victoria L. Vasques
18. Atrium Staffing, New York, N.Y. Rebecca Cenni
19. Point 2 Point Global Security, Inc., Addison, Tex.; Stephanie Point
20. NuGate Group, LLC, San Jose, Calif.; Jamila Stanford
21. OpTech, LLC, Troy, Mich.; Ronia Kruse
22. Quantum Health, Columbus, Ohio; Kara Trott
23. Swoon Group LLC, Chicago; Michelle Baker
24. MegaCorp Logistics, Wilmington, N.C.; Denise Legg
25, Maximum Games, Walnut Creek, Calif.; Christina Seelye
26. Blink Reaction dba FFW, Princeton, N.J.; Nancy Stango
27. Protea Group International, North Hollywood, Calif.; Paloma Bilson
28. InGenesis, Inc., San Antonio, Tex.; Veronica Edwards
29. Xclusive Staffing, Westminster, Colo.; Diane Astley
30. Zero Waste Solutions, Inc., Concord, Calif.; Shavila Singh
31. Excellence Engineering, LLC, Tulsa, Okla.; Dee Hays
32. Design To Delivery Inc., Bethesda, Md.; Molly Gimmel
33. The Revel Group, Chicago; Britt Whitfield
34. ORI, Herndon, Va.; Kathy Benson
35. ICON Information Consultants, LP, Houston; Pamela O’Rourke
36. Home Care Assistance, Palo Alto, Calif.; Lily Sarafan
37. Atlantic Infra, Wall, N.J.; Marilyn Grabowski
38. The Greene Group, Davidson, N.C.; Tana Greene
39. Boost Technologies dba Boost Rewards, Dayton, Ohio; Anita Emoff
40. Ampcus Inc., Chantilly, Va.; Anjali “Ann” Ramakumaran
41. Capital Company, Novato, Calif.; Mary Kariotis Merrimak
42. Social Media Link, New York, N.Y.; Susan Frech
43. The Bakery Cos., Nashville; Cordia Harrington
44. J Curve, Atlanta; Amy Dresser
45. Imagine Technology Group, Chandler, Ariz.; Mary Ellen Franz
46. Anserteam Workforce Solutions, Dallas; Natalie Davis-Runyan
47. Walker-Miller Energy Services, Detroit; Carla Walker-Miller
48. Overture Promotions, Vernon Hills, Ill.; Heather Sanderson
49. Technology Group Solutions, LLC, Lenexa, Kan.; Lenora Payne
50. Vivere Health, LLC, Franklin, Tenn.; Debbie James