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30 | HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • DECEMBER 26, 2017 Connecticut's largest employers (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of August 2017) Rank Employer Conn. employees 2017/ 2016 Total employees 2017/ 2016 Type of business Person(s) in charge Year founded 1 State of Connecticut State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave. Hartford, CT 06106 860-566-4840; www.ct.gov 57,771 (1) 48,912 57,771 48,912 State government Dannel P. Malloy Governor 1788 2 Yale New Haven Health System 789 Howard Ave. New Haven, CT 06519 203-688-4608; www.yalenewhavenhealth.org 21,867 19,920 24,646 20,826 Healthcare system Marna Borgstrom President & CEO 1996 3 Hartford HealthCare 1 State St., Suite 19 Hartford, CT 06103 860-263-4100; hartfordhealthcare.org 18,425 18,135 18,430 18,135 Healthcare system Elliot Joseph President & CEO 1985 4 Yale University 105 Wall St. New Haven, CT 06511 203-432-4771; yale.edu 16,184 (2) 15,018 (3) 16,184 (2) 15,018 (3) University Peter Salovey President 1701 5 United Technologies Corp. 10 Farm Springs Road Farmington, CT 06032 860-728-7000; www.utc.com 16,000 15,000 200,000 197,000 Aerospace, elevator, fire, security, air conditioning, building automation, and heating and cooling industries Gregory J. Hayes President & CEO 1929 6 General Dynamics Electric Boat 75 Eastern Point Road Groton, CT 06340 860-433-3000; www.gdeb.com 11,430 10,230 15,774 14,297 Design, build and life cycle support for U.S. nuclear submarines Jeffrey S. Geiger President 1899 7 University of Connecticut 115 N. Eagleville Road Storrs, CT 06269 860-486-2000; www.uconn.edu 10,019 9,861 10,019 9,861 Primary state university Susan Herbst President 1881 8 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. NA NA, CT 800-925-6278; www.walmart.com 8,974 8,800 2,300,000 2,300,000 Retail Doug McMilllon President & CEO 1962 9 Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company 6900 Main St. Stratford, CT 06615 800-946-4337; sikorsky.com 7,730 8,000 13,500 15,000 Helicopter design, manufacture and service Dan Schultz President 1925 (4) 10 The Travelers Cos. Inc. 1 Tower Square Hartford, CT 06183 860-277-0111; www.travelers.com 7,400 (5) 7,400 (5) 30,000 (5) 30,000 (5) Property and casualty insurer Alan D. Schnitzer CEO 1864 11 Mohegan Sun 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd. Uncasville, CT 06382 888-226-7711; mohegansun.com 6,800 6,735 6,800 6,735 Entertainment, gaming, dining, shopping, hotel, spa and meetings and conventions Ray Pineault President 1996 11 The Hartford Financial Services Group 1 Hartford Plaza Hartford, CT 06155 860-547-5000; www.thehartford.com 6,800 7,000 16,900 17,400 Property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds Christopher J. Swift Chairman & CEO 1810 13 Foxwoods Resort Casino 350 Trolley Line Blvd. Mashantucket, CT 06338 800-369-9663; www.foxwoods.com 6,500 6,500 6,500 6,500 Hospitality, entertainment, gaming, retail, dining, golf, spa and hotel Felix D. Rappaport President & CEO 1992 14 Trinity Health Of New England (6) 1000 Asylum Ave. Hartford, CT 06105 860-714-1900 ; www.stfranciscare.com 6,491 6,304 6,491 6,304 Hospital Christopher M. Dadlez (7) President & CEO 2015 15 Aetna Inc. (8) 151 Farmington Ave. Hartford, CT 06156 860-273-0123; www.aetna.com 5,618 6,200 49,500 50,100 Traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services Mark T. Bertolini Chairman & CEO Mark Santos President, New England Market 1853 16 City of New Haven 165 Church St. New Haven, CT 06510 203-946-8200; www.cityofnewhaven.com 4,816 4,608 (9) 4,816 4,608 (9) Municipal government Toni N. Harp Mayor 1638 17 City of Waterbury 235 Grand St. Waterbury, CT 06702 203-574-6712; www.waterburyct.org 4,612 4,822 4,612 4,822 Municipal government Neil O'Leary Mayor 1686 18 UnitedHealth Group (UnitedHealthcare) 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-702-5000; www.uhc.com 4,450 5,000 149,000 175,000 Medicare, commercial and individual health plans Stephen Farrell CEO, UnitedHealthcare of New England 1974 19 Cigna Corp. 900 Cottage Grove Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-226-6000; www.cigna.com 4,400 4,200 40,000 (10) 39,300 (10) Global health service, group life, accident and disability insurance David M. Cordani President & CEO 1792 20 ESPN ESPN Plaza, 935 Middle St. Bristol, CT 06010 888-549-3776; espn.go.com 4,200 (11) 4,000 8,000 (11) 8,000 Sports media John Skipper President 1979 21 Hartford Public Schools 960 Main St., 8th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-695-8876; www.hartfordschools.org 3,610 (12) 3,608 (9) 3,610 (12) 3,608 (9) Municipal school department Leslie Torres-Rodriguez Superintendent 1636 (13) 22 Eversource Energy 56 Prospect St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-286-5000; www.eversource.com 3,300 (5) 3,333 8,000 (5) 7,814 New England's largest energy delivery company (14) Jim Judge Chairman, president & CEO 1881 23 Frontier Communications 401 Merritt 7 Norwalk, CT 06851 800-921-8101; frontier.com 3,000 3,000 23,924 23,000 Broadband, voice, video, wireless internet data access, data security solutions and technical support, carrier services, specialized bundles, advanced communications for medium, large and commercial businesses Daniel J. McCarthy President & CEO 1935 23 Pfizer Inc. 235 E. 42nd St. New York, NY 10017 212-733-2323; www.pfizer.com 3,000 3,000 97,900 97,900 Pharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing Ian C. Read CEO 1849 25 Eastern Connecticut Health Network (15) 71 Haynes St. Manchester, CT 06040 860-533-3414; www.echn.org 2,940 2,817 3,021 2,902 Healthcare system Michael Collins CEO 1995 Source: Each employer via survey. Notes: Stamford's Pitney Bowes Inc. does not disclose employee figures by state. (1) Best estimate as of Aug. 4, 2017. (2) Figure from fall 2016. (3) Figure from fall 2015. (4) Lockheed Co. was founded in 1912; in 1995, Lockheed Corp. merged with Martin Marietta, also founded in 1912 as the Glenn L. Martin Co., to form today's Lockheed Martin. (5) Employee figures are approximate. (6) Includes St. Francis Hospital, Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital and Johnson Memorial Hospital. (7) On Sept. 5, 2017, announced plans to step down by the end of the year; search for a successor is currently underway. (8) On Dec. 3, 2017, entered into a $69-billion agreement to be acquired by Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS, pending regulatory approval. (9) Figure from 2015. (10) Worldwide employees. (11) Expected to layoff at least 100 staffers by the end of 2017. (12) Includes 461 part-time employees. (13) City founding date. (14) Dual headquarters in Hartford and Boston with 3.7 million electric and natural gas customers in three states. (15) Includes Manchester Memorial Hospital, Rockville General Hospital and wholly owned subsidiaries. ECHN was acquired by Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings in Oct. 2016. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. CONNECTICUT'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of August 2017) ECONOMY