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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2018 | Worcester Business Journal 5 Who's Number 1? LARGEST COLLEGE Worcester Polytechnic Institute 5,150 full-time students WEALTHIEST ZIP CODE IN CENTRAL MASS. Sherborn 01770 $245,613 average household income HIGHEST-PAID CEO (public companies only) Ernie Herrman TJX Cos., Framingham $16.9M LARGEST IT SERVICE PROVIDER Advans IT Services Marlborough 106 Central Mass. employees LARGEST MANUFACTURER Dell EMC Corp. Hopkinton LARGEST SBA LOAN RECIPIENT Homewood Suites by Hilton Berlin (under construction) LARGEST BREWER Wachusett Brewing Co. Westminster LARGEST PRIVATE SCHOOL St. John's High School Shrewsbury 8,000 $4.98M total loan amount 70,000 barrels produced 900 students LARGEST COMMERCIAL CLEANER National Facility Services Inc. Boylston LARGEST HUMAN SERVICE NONPROFIT Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates Worcester LARGEST CREDIT UNION Digital Federal Credit Union Marlborough LARGEST CATERER Peppers Artful Events Northborough $205M in 2017 revenue $8.3B in assets 172 employess 200 Central Mass. employees Which organizations are at the top of the lists in this book? Here are some highlights. LARGEST INCUBATOR Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives Worcester LARGEST AD & MARKETING FIRM Davis Advertising Worcester LARGEST COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR Consigli Construction Co. Inc. Milford LARGEST WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS Federal Concrete Inc. Hopkinton 400 Central Mass. employees $30M annual gross billings 30 incubating companies 725 Central Mass. employees LARGEST BANK Bank of America Worcester LARGEST PHYSICIAN GROUP UMass Memorial Medical Group Worcester MOST VISITED TOURIST ATTRACTION Great Wolf Lodge New England, Fitchburg; Southwick's Zoo, Mendon; Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, Princeton LARGEST MEETING FACILITY Wachusett Mountain Ski Area Princeton $5.2B in local deposits 1,200 participating physicians 500,000 visitors each 3,000 outdoor banquet attendees Central Mass. employees