www.wbjournal.com Book Of Lists 2015 • Worcester Business Journal 5
Who's Number 1?
Which organizations are at the top of the lists in this book?
Here are some of them.
LARGEST COLLEGE
OR UNIVERSITY
Worcester Polytechnic
Institute
n 4,852 full-time
students
LARGEST MANUFACTURER
AND SOFTWARE/
HARDWARE COMPANY
EMC Corp.,
Hopkinton
n 9,400 Central
Mass. employees
TOP BANK
Bank of America
n $4.07B in local
deposits
LARGEST PRIVATE
FOUNDATION
George I. Alden Trust,
Worcester
n $176.5M in annual
revenue
TOP HOSPITAL
UMass Memorial
Medical Center,
Worcester
n 781
licensed
beds
LARGEST VENTURE CAPITAL
INVESTMENT IN 2014
Applause (formerly
uTest Inc.),
Framingham
n $43M
TOP PLASTICS
COMPANY
Nypro (a Jabil company),
Clinton (pictured)
n 1,000 employees
TOP LAW FIRM
Mirick O'Connell,
Worcester
n 63 attorneys in
Central Mass.
LARGEST GREEN
BUILDING
Albert Sherman Center
(UMass Medical School),
Worcester
n 512,580 sq. ft.
TOP
BIOMEDICAL
COMPANY
Genzyme Corp.,
Framingham
n 2,000 Central Mass.
employees
TOP TOURIST
ATTRACTION
DCU Center, Worcester
n 505,917 attendance
in 2014
LARGEST HOTEL
Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel
& Trade Center,
(pictured)
Marlborough
n 431
rooms
LARGEST
PRIVATE SCHOOL
St. John's High School,
Shrewsbury
n 1,000 students
TOP EMPLOYER
UMass Memorial
Health Care
n 12,906
employees
LARGEST SKILLED
NURSING FACILITY
St. Patrick's Manor,
Framingham
n 333 certified
beds
TOP WOMAN-OWNED
BUSINESS
Coghlin Electrical
Contractors Inc. & Coghlin
Network Services,
Worcester
(pictured: Susan Mailman, president)
n 350 Central Mass. employees
LARGEST HUMAN
SERVICE NONPROFIT
Seven Hills Foundation,
Worcester
n $176.5M in
annual revenue
TOP CREDIT UNION
Digital Federal Credit
Union, Marlborough
n $6.3B in assets
HIGHEST-PAID CEO
(public companies only)
Carol Meyrowitz
(pictured), TJX Cos.,
Framingham
n $22.5M
in fiscal 2014
