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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2020 | Worcester Business Journal 5 Who's Number 1? LARGEST COLLEGE Worcester Polytechnic Institute 5,643 full-time students, fall 2019 LARGEST VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL Worcester Technical High School 1,466 students enrolled 2019-2020 academic year HIGHEST-PAID CEO (public companies only) Ernie Herrman president & CEO The TJX Cos. Inc., Framingham $19M $21.4B sale price LARGEST MANUFACTURER Dell Technologies Hopkinton LARGEST PPP LENDER Bank of America Charlotte, NC LARGEST HOSPITAL UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester 8,800 1,876 Loans to Central Mass. businesses 842 licensed beds $166M 2019 local commercial volume LARGEST MINORITY- OWNED BUSINESS Unic Pro Inc. Shrewsbury LARGEST LGBTQ+ OWNED COMPANY RE/MAX Vision Worcester LARGEST ARCHITECTURE FIRM Maugel Architects Harvard 40 local staff 9 local licensed architects 244 Central Mass. employees Which organizations are at the top of the lists in this book? Here are some highlights. LARGEST BREWERY Wachusett Brewing Co. Westminster LARGEST MARIJUANA BUSINESS New England Treatment Access Franklin LARGEST VETERAN-OWNED COMPANY Solidus Technical Solutions Lunenburg LARGEST WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS Unic Pro Inc. Shrewsbury 244 Central Mass. employees 400 employees 73,239 barrels brewed in 2019 85 local employees LARGEST BANK Bank of America Worcester LARGEST PHYSICIAN GROUP UMass Memorial Medical Group Worcester LARGEST COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR Consigli Building Group Milford LARGEST BIOMEDICAL COMPANY Boston Scientific Corp. Marlborough $5.3B in local deposits, as of June 30, 2019 1,200 participating physicians 450 local employees 2,900 local employees Central Mass. employees LARGEST COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates, Inc. Worcester LARGEST LABOR UNION Laborers' International Union of North America, District Council Hopkinton 20,113 number of members LARGEST MERGER & ACQUISITION GE Health Care Life Sciences Marlborough