Top 500 Women Owned Business in the United States Announced
SOUTHPORT, CT, November 1,2004 /DiversityBusiness.com/ -- DiversityBusiness.com, the nations leading multicultural B2B online portal,
today announced the Div500, the 5th annual listing of the nations
top 500 Women owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $5 million to over
$1 billion, the companies listed on the Div500 represent the nations top
earners and challenge the long-held notion that Women-owned businesses are
small or insignificant.
At the top of
2004s Div500 are Omega
World Travel, headquartered in Fairfax, VA,
with $1.1 billion in 2003 revenues, Travel Solutions, Inc, based in Westerville, OH, with 700 million
in 2003 revenues, and AVI FOODSYSTEMS, Inc., headquartered in Warren, OH, with $400 million in 2003 revenues. The top companies
will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.coms 5th
Annual Multicultural Business Conference, taking place March 30 April 1, 2005
at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket,
Connecticut.
Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales
to the U.S.
economy, said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates
International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. It is no longer just the right thing to do
business with diversity suppliers. Because of recent economic and demographic
trends and changes, major corporations are realizing that having a diverse
supplier list positively impacts their business.
The Div500
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 Women owned
businesses in the U.S.,
in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional
services. Major corporations, government agencies and college/universities
throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned
businesses use the list The Div500 is produced annually by
DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal
that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service
businesses.
The Div500 companies are the heroes of diversity-owned business in America,
said Kenton Clarke. These are the women that have conquered the hurdles and
made the sacrifices, building and strengthening their communities, providing
jobs and helping to keep the fabric of the U.S. economy together.
For the complete list of winning companies, please visit:
www.DiversityBusiness.com
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness.com with over 26,000 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. The site has gained national
recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. It is a membership-based exchange platform that facilitates
contacts and communication, streamlines business processes and provides vital
business news and information. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer
Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. Founded
in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke; CCAii is the one of the countrys most successful
African-American owned computer-consulting and diversity specialist firms.
Press Contact:
Odetta
Rogers
Director of Communications
DiversityBusiness.com
Source: DiversityBusiness.com
Source: BUSINESS WIRE