Women Presidents' Organization Unveils the 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies

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Yahoo! News - April 25, 2014

The following is an excerpt from this post, indicating TransPerfect was again named to this year's list of Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies. The entire story can be read here.

For the first time since its inception, the 2014 50 Fastest was opened to applicants on a global level, resulting in two international businesses in the top ten. Participating companies were ranked according to a sales growth formula that combines percentage and absolute growth. To be qualified for the ranking, businesses are required to be privately held, woman-owned/led companies with annual revenue of at least $500,000 by year end 2008.

More about the 2014 WPO 50 Fastest:

·         Average revenue grew from $32.6 million in 2009 to $98.8 million in 2013

·         Founded the business: 90%

·         Average age: 48

·         Average number of projected 2014 employees: 657

The WPO's 2014 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies are:

 

Entrepreneur Name

Company Name

City/State

1

Cindy Monroe

Thirty-One Gifts

Columbus, OH

2

Kathy Mills

Strategic Communications

Louisville, KY

3

Jennifer Maier

WDS, Inc.

Lake Wylie, SC

4

June Ressler

Cenergy

Houston, TX

5

Shelly Sun

BrightStar

Gurnee, IL

6

Zeynep Erkunt-Armagan

Erkunt Traktor Industry Inc.

Sincan, Ankara - Turkey

7

Leslie A. Firtell, Esq.

Tower Legal Solutions

New York, NY

8

Dr. Rebecca Thomley

Morning Star Financial Services, LLC

Golden Valley, MN

9

SungJoo Kim

Sungjoo D&D

Seoul - Korea

10

Anita Emoff

Boost Technologies

Dayton, OH

11

Fiona Gathright

Wellness Corporate Solutions, LLC

Bethesda, MD

12

Lenora Payne

Technology Group Solutions, LLC

Lenexa, KS

13

Rebecca Cenni

Atrium Staffing

New York, NY

14

Liz Elting

TransPerfect

New York, NY

15

Beatriz Manetta

Argent Associates, Inc.

Edison, NJ

16

Celeste Gudas

24 Seven Inc.

New York, NY

17

Jennifer Guthrie

In-Flight Crew Connections

Charlotte, NC

18

Therese Tucker

BlackLine Systems

Los Angeles, CA

19

Lori A Blaker

TTi Global

Rochester Hills, MI

20

Pamela Chambers O'Rourke

ICON Information Consultants, LP

Houston, TX

21

Leslie O'Connor

Search Wizards, Inc.

Atlanta, GA

22

Natalie Davis-Runyan

Anserteam Workforce Solutions

Dallas, TX

23

Keeli Jernigan

Trans-Expedite, Inc.

El Paso, TX

24

Cheryl Y. Biron

One Horn Transportation

Wayne, NJ

25

Patricia Bible

Katom Restaurant Supply

Kodak, TN

26

Kara J. Trott

Quantum Health

Columbus, OH

27

Claudine S. George

ICONMA LLC

Troy, MI

28

Jacqueline B Wilson

American Fashion Network

Manlius, NY

29

Teresa Sherald

Diversity Search Group

Columbus, OH

30

Denise Wilson

Desert Jet

Thermal, CA

31

Cassandra Sanford

KellyMitchell Group, Inc.

Clayton, MO

32

Phyllis W. Newhouse

Xtreme Solutions Inc

Atlanta, GA

33

Lisa David

eCapital Advisors, LLC

Bloomington, MN

34

Jennifer Smith

Innovative Office Solutions

Burnsville, MN

35

Orit Koren

Trillium FSB Inc.

Concord, ON - Canada

36

Allison McGrath Judge

Transformhealthrx

Statesboro, GA

37

Anjali "Ann" Ramakumaran

Ampcus Inc

Chantilly, VA

38

Cheryl Brunetti

RVM Enterprises, Inc.

New York, NY

39

Ranjini Poddar

Artech Information Systems, LLC

Cedar Knolls, NJ

40

Necole Parker

The ELOCEN Group, LLC

Washington, DC

41

Meredith Leapley

Leapley Construction Group of Atlanta, LLC

Atlanta, GA

42

Joanne Santomauro

Ancillare

Horsham, PA

43

Shari Dingle Sandifer

Avant Healthcare Professionals

Casselberry, FL

44

Dee Hays

Excellence Engineering, LLC

Tulsa, OK

45

Shelly Morse

The Mosaic Company

Tukwila, WA

46

Elaine Osgood

Atlas Travel & Technology Group

Milford, MA

47

Karen Clark Cole

Blink UX

Seattle, WA

48

Tracy Balazs

FSR

Annapolis MD

49

Jamie Fletcher

Mach 1 Global Services

Tempe, AZ

50

Jessica Firestone

Tempest Telecom Solutions LLC

Santa Barbara, CA