In recognition of the economic power of privately held businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading business-to-
This is the 9th annual listing of the Nation’s top businesses by DiversityBusiness.com. Ranging in revenue size from 1 million to over 20 billion, the companies listed on the Top Business Lists represent the Nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a privately held business is small or insignificant. Winners are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with small businesses.
“Entrepreneurs are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”
“As a small business it was exciting to find out we are among the top multicultural businesses in the USA,” says Carla Itzkowich, President of International Contact, Inc. “for 27 years we just did our work helping companies translate their outreach materials and never imagined we would achieve such an honor”
The List
This List is a classification that represents the top small businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural, small and women-owned businesses use the list. The List is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.
The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’
“In our work we help agencies address minorities, so it is especially gratifying to know that the minority communities are such big contributors to our economy” concludes Itzkowich.
For the complete list of winning companies, please visit: www.diversitybusiness.com
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness, with over 46,000 members, is the largest organization of diversity owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection services for diversity including the "Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities"
