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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2026 | Worcester Business Journal 5 HIGHEST-PAID CEO Ernie Herrman, The TJX Cos. Inc., Framingham Who's Number 1? What people & organizations lead their fields in Central Mass.? Here are some highlights of those at the top of WBJ's lists. MOST POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION New England Sports Center, Marlborough 1.8M 2025 visitors $26.6M 2025 total compensation LARGEST VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL Worcester Technical High School 1,409 total enrollment, 2025-2026 LARGEST PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS VENDOR Cadwell Design + Sign, Holliston 18 local employees LARGEST COLLEGE Worcester Polytechnic Institute 6,291 full-time students, fall 2025 LARGEST PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL St. John's High School, Shrewsbury 910 total enrollment, fall 2025 LARGEST INSURANCE AGENCY Marsh McLennan Agency, Worcester 150 local producers LARGEST CREDIT UNION Workers Credit Union, Littleton $2.5B assets, March 31, 2026 LARGEST FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS W.E. Aubuchon Co. Inc., Westminster HIGHEST-PAID WOMAN EXECUTIVE Ashley McEvoy, Insulet Corp., Acton LARGEST WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIRM Bartholomew & Co. Inc., Worcester $5.9B local assets under management 750 members $18.9M 2025 total compensation 1,500 local employees LARGEST MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS eClinicalWorks, Westborough 357 local employees LARGEST WOMAN- OWNED BUSINESS Worcester Restaurant Group 239 local employees LARGEST GRANT-MAKING FOUNDATION Mathworks Foundation, Natick $445M 2025 assets LARGEST MARIJUANA BUSINESS Green Gold Group, North Brookfield 150 local employees LARGEST MEETING VENUE Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, Princeton 3,000 maximum banquet capacity LARGEST COMMERCIAL SALE Aria on the Row, Worcester $157M sale price LARGEST COMMERCIAL LEASE 75 Plain St., Hopedale 616,875 square feet NEWEST CERTIFIED B CORPORATION Advocates for Human Potential Inc., Sudbury 2026 year became B Corp Women Owned Poc Owned Made with Love Certified Family Owned Gives Back GMI CERTIFICATE Women Owned Poc Owned Made with Love Certified Family Owned Gives Back LARGEST CO-WORKING SPACE Regus, Framingham CEO Girish Navani Owner Madeleine Ahlquist