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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2019 | Worcester Business Journal 5 Who's Number 1? LARGEST COLLEGE Worcester Polytechnic Institute 5,371 full-time students, fall 2018 LARGEST VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL Worcester Technical High School 1,426 students enrolled 2018-2019 academic year HIGHEST-PAID CEO (public companies only) Christopher J. Baldwin BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., Westborough $42M LARGEST IT SERVICE PROVIDER Advans IT Services Marlborough 120 Central Mass. employees LARGEST MANUFACTURER Dell EMC Corp. Hopkinton LARGEST SBA LOAN RECIPIENT Syncom Group LLC Marlborough LARGEST COMMERCIAL LEASE 9 Crystal Pond Road Southborough 8,800 $5M total loan amount 166,604 square feet $65M sales price LARGEST MINORITY- OWNED BUSINESS Resource Management Inc. Fitchburg HIGHEST-PAID NONPROFIT CHIEF EXEC Eric W. Dickson UMass Memorial Healthcare Inc LARGEST CREDIT UNION Digital Federal Credit Union Marlborough LARGEST ARCHITECTURE FIRM Maugel Architects Harvard $2,012,426 in 2017 compensation $8.5B in assets, as of December 2018 9 local licensed architects 679 Central Mass. employees Which organizations are at the top of the lists in this book? Here are some highlights. LARGEST CO-WORKING PLACES & MAKERSPACES Clearly Coworking Inc. Worcester LARGEST MARIJUANA BUSINESS New England Treatment Access Franklin HIGHEST-PAID STATE EMPLOYEE Michael F. Collins, MD UMass Medical School LARGEST WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS Federal Concrete Inc. Hopkinton 400 Central Mass. employees 338 employees 156 members $1,069,752 total earnings in 2018 LARGEST BANK Bank of America Worcester LARGEST PHYSICIAN GROUP UMass Memorial Medical Group Worcester ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTING VENUE New England Sports Center Marlborough LARGEST MEETING FACILITY Wachusett Mountain Ski Area Princeton $5.4B in local deposits, as of June 30, 2018 1,821 participating physicians 1,500,000 2018 attendance 3,000 outdoor banquet attendees Central Mass. employees LARGEST COMMERCIAL SALE The Point at Marlborough 21 Austen Way