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ECONOMY DECEMBER 24, 2018 • HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL | 39 CONNECTICUT'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of September 2018) Connecticut's largest employers (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of September 2018) Rank Employer Conn. employees 2018/ 2017 Total employees 2018/ 2017 Type of business Person(s) in charge Year founded 1 State of Connecticut State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave. Hartford, CT 06106 860-566-4840; www.ct.gov 57,889 (a) 57,771 (a) 57,889 (a) 57,771 (a) State government Dannel P. Malloy (b) Governor 1788 2 Yale New Haven Health System 789 Howard Ave. New Haven, CT 06519 203-688-4608; www.yalenewhavenhealth.org 19,416 21,867 20,354 24,646 Healthcare system Marna Borgstrom President & CEO 1996 3 Hartford HealthCare 1 State St., Suite 19 Hartford, CT 06103 860-263-4100; hartfordhealthcare.org 18,652 18,425 18,673 18,430 Healthcare system Elliot Joseph President & CEO 1985 4 United Technologies Corp. (c) 10 Farm Springs Road Farmington, CT 06032 860-728-7000; www.utc.com 18,000 16,000 204,700 200,000 Aerospace, elevator, fire, security, air conditioning, building automation, and heating and cooling industries Gregory J. Hayes President & CEO 1929 5 Yale University 105 Wall St. New Haven, CT 06511 203-432-4771; yale.edu 14,440 (d) 16,184 (e) 14,440 (d) 16,184 (e) University Peter Salovey President 1701 6 General Dynamics Electric Boat 75 Eastern Point Road Groton, CT 06340 860-433-3000; www.gdeb.com 11,862 11,430 17,053 15,774 Design, build and life cycle support for U.S. nuclear submarines Jeffrey S. Geiger President 1899 7 University of Connecticut 115 N. Eagleville Road Storrs, CT 06269 860-486-2000; www.uconn.edu 9,760 10,019 9,916 10,019 Primary state university Susan Herbst (f) President 1881 8 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. NA NA, CT 800-925-6278; www.walmart.com 8,835 8,974 2,200,000 2,300,000 Retail Doug McMilllon President & CEO 1962 9 Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company 6900 Main St. Stratford, CT 06615 800-946-4337; sikorsky.com 7,900 7,730 12,000 13,500 Helicopter design, manufacture and service Dan Schultz President 1925 (g) 10 The Travelers Cos. Inc. 1 Tower Square Hartford, CT 06183 860-277-0111; www.travelers.com 7,400 (h) 7,400 (h) 30,000 (h) 30,000 (h) Property and casualty insurer Alan D. Schnitzer Chairman & CEO 1864 11 Mohegan Sun 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd. Uncasville, CT 06382 888-226-7711; mohegansun.com 7,150 6,800 7,150 6,800 Entertainment, gaming, dining, shopping, hotel, spa and meetings and conventions Ray Pineault President 1996 12 The Hartford One Hartford Plaza Hartford, CT 06155 860-547-5000; www.thehartford.com 6,800 6,800 16,900 16,900 Property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds Christopher J. Swift Chairman & CEO 1810 13 Trinity Health Of New England (i) 1000 Asylum Ave. Hartford, CT 06105 860-714-1900 ; www.stfranciscare.com 6,491 (j) 6,304 (k) 6,491 (j) 6,304 (k) Hospital Reginald J. Eadie President & CEO 2015 14 Foxwoods Resort Casino 350 Trolley Line Blvd. Mashantucket, CT 06338 800-369-9663; www.foxwoods.com 5,500 6,500 5,500 6,500 Hospitality, entertainment, gaming, retail, dining, golf, spa and hotel Rodney A. Butler (l) Interim CEO 1992 15 Aetna Inc. (m) 151 Farmington Ave. Hartford, CT 06156 860-273-0123; www.aetna.com 5,275 5,618 48,290 49,500 Traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services Karen Lynch (n) President Mark Santos President, New England Market 1853 16 Cigna Corp. (o) 900 Cottage Grove Rd. Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-226-6000; www.cigna.com 4,700 4,400 45,000 (p) 40,000 (p) Global health services including medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision and supplemental benefits David M. Cordani President & CEO 1792 17 City of Waterbury 235 Grand St. Waterbury, CT 06702 203-574-6712; www.waterburyct.org 4,592 4,612 4,592 4,612 Municipal government Neil O'Leary Mayor 1686 18 UnitedHealth Group (UnitedHealthcare) 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-702-5000; www.uhc.com 4,214 (q) 4,450 270,000 149,000 Medicare, commercial and individual health plans Stephen Farrell CEO, UnitedHealthcare of New England 1974 19 ESPN ESPN Plaza, 935 Middle St. Bristol, CT 06010 888-549-3776; espn.go.com 4,200 4,200 8,000 8,000 Sports media Jimmy Pitaro President 1979 20 Eversource Energy 56 Prospect St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-286-5000; www.eversource.com 3,483 (h) 3,300 (h) 8,084 (h) 8,000 (h) Transmission and delivery of electricity, natural gas and water to four million customers (r) Jim Judge Chairman, president & CEO 1881 21 Eastern Connecticut Health Network (s) 71 Haynes St. Manchester, CT 06040 860-533-3414; www.echn.org 3,006 2,940 3,097 3,021 Healthcare system Michael Collins CEO 1995 22 Pfizer Inc. 235 E. 42nd St. New York, NY 10017 212-733-2323; www.pfizer.com 3,000 (t) 3,000 96,500 97,900 Pharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing Ian C. Read CEO John Burkhardt Senior vice president, Drug Safety R&D 1849 Source: Each employer via survey. Notes: Stamford's Pitney Bowes Inc. does not disclose employee figures by state. Unable to confirm data for City of New Haven, with 4,816 employees in 2017, or Hartford Public Schools, with 3,610 employees in 2017. (a) Best estimate as of first pay period in August. (b) To be succeeded by Gov.-elect Ned Lamont. (c) On Nov. 26, announced plans to split the conglomerate into 3 separate companies following the $30 billion acquisition of Iowa-based Rockwell Collins. (d) Figure from fall 2017; A new methodology for reporting employee counts to the U.S. Department of Education was employed in 2017. For a consistent year-over-year comparison, the employee count would have been 16,339 using the former methodology. (e) Figure from fall 2016. (f) In May 2018, announced plans to step down by July 2019. (g) Lockheed Co. was founded in 1912; in 1995, Lockheed Corp. merged with Martin Marietta, also founded in 1912 as the Glenn L. Martin Co., to form today's Lockheed Martin. (h) Employee figures are approximate. (i) Includes St. Francis Hospital, Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital and Johnson Memorial Hospital. (j) Figures from 2017. (k) Figures from 2016. (l) Named interim CEO in July, after the passing of the late Felix Rappaport. (m) Aquired by Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS for $69 billion, effective Nov. 28, 2018; Aetna will remain headquartered in Hartford. (n) Karen Lynch succeeded Mark Bertolini as Aetna's top executive following the CVS deal. (o) In the process of completing a $67 billion acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts. (p) Worldwide. (q) An additional 824 contractors. (r) Dual headquarters in Hartford and Boston with 3.7 million electric and natural gas customers in three states. (s) Includes Manchester Memorial Hospital, Rockville General Hospital and wholly owned subsidiaries. ECHN was acquired by Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings in Oct. 2016. (t) An additional 2,700 contractors. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. Source: Each employer via survey. Notes: Stamford's Pitney Bowes Inc. does not disclose employee figures by state. Unable to confirm data for city of New Haven, with 4,816 employees in 2017, or Hartford Public Schools, with 3,610 employees in 2017. (a) Best estimate as of first pay period in August. (b) To be succeeded by Gov.-elect Ned Lamont. (c) On Nov. 26, announced plans to split the conglomerate into three separate companies following its $30B acquisition of Iowa-based Rockwell Collins. (d) Figure from fall 2017; A new methodology for reporting employee counts to the U.S. Department of Education was employed in 2017. For a consistent year-over-year comparison, the employee count would have been 16,339 using the former methodology. (e) Figure from fall 2016. (f) In May 2018, announced plans to step down by July 2019. (g) Lockheed Co. was founded in 1912; in 1995, Lockheed Corp. merged with Martin Marietta, also founded in 1912 as the Glenn L. Martin Co., to form today's Lockheed Martin. (h) Employee figures are approximate. (i) Includes St. Francis Hospital, Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital and Johnson Memorial Hospital. (j) Figures from 2017. (k) Figures from 2016. (l) Named interim CEO in July, after the passing of the late Felix Rappaport. (m) Aquired by Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS for $69 billion, effective Nov. 28, 2018; Aetna will remain headquartered in Hartford. (n) Karen Lynch succeeded Mark Bertolini as Aetna's top executive following the CVS deal. (o) In the process of completing a $67 billion acquisition of pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts. (p) Worldwide. (q) An additional 824 contractors. (r) Dual headquarters in Hartford and Boston with 3.7 million electric and natural gas customers in three states. (s) Includes Manchester Memorial Hospital, Rockville General Hospital and wholly owned subsidiaries. ECHN was acquired by Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings in Oct. 2016. (t) An additional 2,700 contractors. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. The state of Connecticut elected a new chief executive Nov. 6. Democrat Ned Lamont won the governorship by a 53-47 percent margin over Republican Bob Stefanowski. Yale New Haven Health System in September announced plans to acquire Milford Hospital. United Technologies Corp. in November closed its $30 billion acquisition of Iowa-based aviation manufacturer Rockwell Collins Inc., and announced plans to split into three separate companies. In November, CVS Health completed its $69 billion purchase of Aetna. Aetna will remain headquartered in Hartford. Cigna is in the process of completing its $67 billion acquisition of pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts.