Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the United States Announced
SOUTHPORT, CT, November 1,2004 /DiversityBusiness.com/
DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s’ leading multicultural B2B online portal,
today announced the Div500, the 5th annual listing of the nation’s
top 500 diversity-owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $20 million to
over $1 billion, the companies listed on the Div500 represent the nation’s top
multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that diversity-owned
businesses are small or insignificant.
At the top of 2004’s Div500 are Software House International, Inc., headquartered in
Somerset, NJ, with $2.1 billion in 2003 revenues, Burt Automotive, based in Centennial, CO, with 1.7 billion in
2003 revenues, Omega World Travel, based in Fairfax,
VA, with $1 billion in 2003 revenues, and World Wide Technology, Inc.,
headquartered in St. Louis, with $1.1 billion in 2003 revenues. These four
businesses are Asian Pacific American-, Hispanic-, Woman- and African
American-owned, respectively. The top companies will be honored at a special
awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s 5th Annual Multicultural Business Conference, taking place March 30 – April 1, 2005 at the
Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket,
Connecticut.
“Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales
to the U.S.
economy,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of
Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built
DiversityBusiness.com. “It is no longer
just “the right thing” to do business with diversity suppliers. Because of
recent economic and demographic trends and changes, major corporations are
realizing that having a diverse supplier list positively impacts their
business.”
The Div500
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 diversity-owned
(women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups)
businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food
service and professional services. Major corporations, government agencies and
college/universities throughout the country that do business with multicultural
and women-owned businesses use the list The Div500 is produced annually by
DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal
that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service
businesses.
“The Div500 companies are the heroes of diversity-owned business in America,” said
Kenton Clarke. These are the people that have conquered the hurdles and made
the sacrifices, building and strengthening their communities, providing jobs
and helping to keep the fabric of the U.S. economy together.”
For the complete list of winning companies,
please visit: www.DiversityBusiness.com
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness.com with over 26,000 members
is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United
States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government
agencies and colleges and universities. The site has gained national
recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. It is a membership-based exchange platform that facilitates
contacts and communication, streamlines business processes and provides vital
business news and information. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer
Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. Founded
in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke; CCAii is the one of the country’s most successful
African-American owned computer-consulting and diversity specialist firms.
Press Contact:
Odetta
Rogers
Director of Communications
DiversityBusiness.com
Source: DiversityBusiness.com