Publisher's Synopsis
This guide presents hard-to-locate information about the top private companies in the US. This edition includes basic profiles of the largest 400 non-public enterprises in the US: in-depth profiles of 200 top private companies in the US; indexes by location, industry and people and products. Each of the basic profiles contains a brief overview of the company operations, lists of products, key competitors, the latest sales and employment figures, executives' names, headquarters addresses, and phone and fax numbers.;Each of the in-depth profiles are written in the same style as "Hoover's Handbook of American Business" and contain operations overviews, company strategies, histories, up to ten years of key financial and employment data, lists of products, key competitors, executives' names, headquarters addresses, and phone and fax numbers. The profiles feature a selection of large private industrial and service companies; policyholder-owned insurers; agricultural and other co-operatives; selected large universities; hospitals/health care ogrganizations; investment companies; governmental corporations; research institutes; foundations; and the largest black-, Hispanic- and woman-owned enterprises.