www.wbjournal.com Book of Lists 2016 • Worcester Business Journal 5
Who's Number 1?
LARGEST COLLEGE
OR UNIVERSITY
Worcester
Polytechnic
Institute
LARGEST
ARCHITECT
Ai3 Architects
LLC, Wayland
LARGEST EMPLOYER
UMass Memorial
Health Care
HIGHEST-PAID CEO
(public companies only)
Carol Meyrowitz
TJX Cos., Framingham
4,967
full-time students
13,473
employees $28.7M
8
local licensed architects
LARGEST
MANUFACTURER
AND SOFTWARE/
HARDWARE
COMPANY
EMC Corp., Hopkinton
LARGEST SBA
LENDER
Eastern Bank ,
Natick
LARGEST
BREWER
Wachusett
Brewing Co.,
Westminster
LARGEST
PRIVATE SCHOOL
St. John's
High School,
Shrewsbury
9,000
Central Mass. employees
$46M
loans issued in FY 2015
46,750
barrels produced
975
students
LARGEST PRIVATE
FOUNDATION
George I. Alden
Trust, Worcester
LARGEST HUMAN
SERVICE NONPROFIT
Seven Hills
Foundation,
Worcester
LARGEST CREDIT
UNION
Digital Federal
Credit Union,
Marlborough
LARGEST CATERER
Sir Loin's Catering,
Northborough
$177M
in 2014 revenue
$7.1B
in assets
220
employess
$176.5M
in annual revenue
Which organizations are at the top of the lists in this book?
Here are some of them.
LARGEST INCUBATOR
Massachusetts
Biomedical Initiatives,
Worcester
LARGEST
INSURANCE
AGENT
Eastern
Insurance
Group LLC,
Natick
LARGEST COMMERCIAL
CONTRACTOR
Consigli
Construction
Co. Inc., Milford
LARGEST
WOMAN-OWNED
BUSINESS
E.T.&L., Stow
Jennie Lee Colosi,
president
160
Central Mass. employees
66
producers
25
incubating companies
600
Central Mass. employees
LARGEST BANK
Bank of
America
LARGEST
PHYSICIAN
GROUP
UMass Memorial
Medical Group
MOST VISITED
TOURIST
ATTRACTION
Southwick's
Zoo, Mendon
LARGEST MEETING
FACILITY
DCU Center,
Worcester
$4.33B
in local deposits
1,100
participating physicians
500,000
visitors in 2015
Accommodates
2,500
banquet attendees
