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wbjournal.com | July 9, 2018 | Worcester Business Journal 29 BOB A W A R D S B E S T O F B U S I N E S S B E S T O F B U SI N E S S Awards B E S T O F B U S I N E S S 2014 W o r c e s t e r B u sin ess J o u r n a l Awards W o r ce s t e r B us i n e s s J o u r n a l 2015 B E S T O F B U S I N E S S W o r ce s t e r B us i n e s s J o u r n a l Awards W o r ce s t e r B us i n e s s J o u r n a l 2016 B E S T O F B U S I N E S S W o r ce s t e r B us i n e s s J o u r n a l Central Mass. 150 Largest employers in Central Massachusetts, ranked by number of local employees Employer Local employees/ statewide/ worldwide 2017 revenue Industry Top executive Year founded Footnotes 1 UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-334-0496 • www.umassmemorialhealthcare.org 13,745 13,745 13,745 $1.58 billion Health care Eric Dickson 1998 2 Dell Technologies (EMC Corp.) 176 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-435-1000 • www.emc.com 8,000 8,000 138,000 $78.7 billion IT hardware, software, solutions and services Michael Dell 1979 (EMC); 1984 (Dell) 3 The TJX Cos. Inc. 770 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701 508-390-1000 • www.tjx.com 4,175 16,300 249,000 $35.9 billion Retail Ernie Herrman 1976 Employee figures reported at end of fiscal year, prior to a May layoff of 300 employees 4 University of Massachusetts Medical School 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-856-8989 • www.umassmed.edu 4,172 5,538 5,775 $254 million Higher education Michael F. Collins 1962 Revenue figure is the total of federal and private research grants. 5 MathWorks 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick 01760 508-647-7000 • www.mathworks.com 2,800 2,800 4,000 $900 million Software Jack Little 1984 6 Market Basket 875 East St., Tewksbury 01876 978-851-8000 • www.shopmarketbasket.com 2,700 14,500 26,000 NA Retail grocery Arthur T. DeMoulas 1916 7 Reliant Medical Group 100 Front St., Worcester 01608 508-852-0600 • www.reliantmedicalgroup.org 2,680 2,680 2,680 $663 million Health care Tarek Elsawy 1929 Employee counts include part-time and per diem employees; acquired by OptumHealth, a Minnesota-based division of national insurer UnitedHealth, in April 2018. 8 The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC 1385 Hancock St., Quincy 02169 800-767-7772 • www.stopandshop.com 2,455 21,500 NA NA Retail grocery Mark McGowan 1914 9 Saint Vincent Hospital 123 Summer St., Worcester 01608 508-363-5000 • www.stvincenthospital.com 2,450 2,450 2,450 $19.2 billion Health care Jeffrey Welch 1893 Subsidiary of Dallas, Texas-based Tenet Healthcare; revenue is net operating revenue for Tenet Healthcare. 10 Walmart 702 SW 8th St., Bentonville, AR 72716 479-273-4000 • www.walmart.com 2,250 11,921 2,300,000 $486 billion Retail Doug McMillon 1962 11 Shaw's Supermarkets 750 W. Center St., West Bridgewater 02379 508-313-4000 • www.shaws.com 2,096 10,441 280,000 NA Retail grocery Paul Gossett 1860 Worldwide employee count for Shaw's and Star Market Division, Albertsons Cos. 12 CVS Health 1 CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895 401-765-1500 • www.cvshealth.com 1,900 11,700 246,000 $177 billion Retail & health care Larry Merlo 1963 13 MetroWest Medical Center 115 Lincoln St., Framingham 01702 508-383-1000 • www.mwmc.com 1,895 1,895 NA $19.2 billion Health care Jeffrey Liebman 1992 Subsidiary of Dallas, Texas-based Tenet Healthcare; revenue is net operating revenue for Tenet Healthcare. 14 Milford Regional Medical Center 14 Prospect St., Milford 01757 508-422-2262 • www.milfordregional.org 1,854 1,854 1,854 $276 million Health care Edward J. Kelly 1903 15 Sanofi Genzyme 15 Pleasant St. Connector, Framingham 01701 508-872-8400 • www.sanofigenzyme.com 1,800 5,000 12,000 5 billion EUR $4.6 billion Biotechnology Bill Sibold 1981 Sanofi Genzyme is the specialty care global business unit of Sanofi; conversion of revenue into dollars by the 2017 yearly average exchange rate of .923 used by the IRS. 15 The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. 440 Lincoln St., Worcester 01653 508-855-1000 • www.hanover.com 1,800 1,800 4,600 $5.2 billion Insurance John C. Roche 1852 130 UniBank for Savings 49 Church St., Whitinsville 01588 508-234-8112 •www.unibank.com 268 268 268 $7 million Bank Sam Pepper 1870 Revenue reflects net income. 131 Community Health Connections 326 Nichols Road, Fitchburg 01420 978-878-8100 •www.chcfhc.org 252 NA NA NA Specialty health care John A. DeMalia 2002 132 FedEx Ship Center 84 New York Ave., Framingham 01701 508-000-1111 •www.fedex.com ~250 NA 425,000 $65.5 billion Shipping Frederick W. Smith 1973 Local employee figure falls within a range of 250-499 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development; revenue for fiscal year 2018. 132 Hutchinson Aerospace & Industry 82 South St., Hopkinton 01748 508-417-7000 •www.hutchinsonai.com ~250 NA NA NA Industrial and defense anti- vibration, -shock and -noise solutions John Kemp 1943 Local employee figure falls within a range of 250-499 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development; formerly Barry Controls. 132 Speedline Technologies, an ITW Co. 16 Forge Park, Franklin 02038 508-541-4749 •www.smtnet.com ~250 NA NA NA Assembly equipment and semiconductor packaging Wayne Platz 1998 Local employee figure falls within a range of 250-499 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development; part of the Specialty Systems Group within Glenview, Ill.-based Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW). 132 Wright Line LLC 160 Gold Star Blvd., Worcester 01606 508-852-4300 •powerquality.eaton.com ~250 NA NA $20.4 billion Office furniture Joseph J. White 1934 Local employee figure falls within a range of 250-499 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development; revenue for parent company Eaton Corp. 136 Nitto Denko Avecia Biotechnology Inc. 125 Fortune Blvd., Milford 01757 508-532-2500 •www.avecia.com 240 240 510 NA Biotechnology Detlef Rethage 1999 An additional location in Marlborough; founding year for Aveica Biotechnology 137 Dean College 99 Main St., Franklin 02038 877-879-3326 •www.dean.edu 236 NA NA NA Higher education Paula M. Rooney 1865 138 Avidia Bank 42 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-562-2222 •www.avidiabank.com 226 226 226 $9 million Bank Mark R. O'Connell 1869 Revenue reflects net income. 139 Atlas Distributing 44 Southbridge St., Auburn 01501 508-791-6221 •www.atlasdistributing.com 225 NA NA $125 million Beer and beverage wholesaler R. Joseph Salois 1933 139 David Clark Co. Inc. 360 Franklin St., Worcester 01615 508-751-5800 •www.davidclark.com 225 NA NA NA Headset communication systems Richard Urella 1935 141 LUK Inc. 545 Westminster St., Fitchburg 01420 978-345-0685 •www.luk.org 215 370 370 NA Human services Beth Barto 1970 142 Pall Corp., Biotech Center of Excellence 20 Walkup Drive, Westborough 01581 508-871-5400 •www.pall.com 214 214 10,000 NA Biotechnology Jennifer Honeycutt 1946 143 Georgia-Pacific Corp. 149 Hamilton St., Leominster 01453 978-537-4701 •www.gp.com 210 NA NA NA Plastic flatware Christian Fischer 1987 Data from 2016 survey; local employee figure falls within a range of 250-499 according to data published by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. In operation since 1960s; acquired by Georgia- Pacific predecessor company in 1987. 144 Webster First Federal Credit Union 271 Greenwood St., Worcester 01607 800-962-4452 •www.websterfirst.com 205 239 239 $11.7 million Credit union Michael Lussier 1928 On March 1, 2018, merged with Merrimac's Louise Mills Federal Credit Union 145 Nichols College 129 Center Road, Dudley 01571 508-213-1560 •www.nichols.edu 202 NA NA $40.7 million Higher education Susan West Engelkemeyer 1815 146 Acacia Communications Inc. 3 Mill and Main Place, Suite 400, Maynard 01754 978-938-4896 •acacia-inc.com 200 NA 354 $385 million Optics Murugesan Shanmugaraj 2009 Data from 2017 survey T O P 1 5 0 E M P L O Y E R S Building a brighter future for Worcester and Central Massachusetts. For your next project, make the bright choice... IBEW Local 96. Call Business Manager Thomas J. Maloney at 508-753-8635 Brilliantly powering the future of Worcester 242 Mill Street, Worcester, MA 01602 508.753.8635 www.ibewlocal96.org AbbVie, Worcester UMASS Medical Center, Worcester PHOTOGRAPHY: SEYMOUR LEVY