Southport,CT, May
21, 2015/ -- DiversityBusiness.com –today announced the “Top 50
Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities. Over 1,500,000 diversity
business owners participated in an online election to determine the “Top” fifty
organizations and Google was named among the nation's leading technology giants
for providing business opportunities to diverse business owners throughout the
United States.
The honor extends itself to another forty-nine major U.S. corporations which
call themselves The Div50. This esteemed, elite list is coveted by the most
successful companies in the United States and has become the most recognized and
respected in the country. These companies truly differentiate themselves in the
market place in a time when diversity is on the rise.
“The diversity practices of the Div50 has changed the course of economic
inclusion and thereby the world as we know it”, said Kenton Clarke, CEO of
DiversityBusiness.com. “The great diversity and vision of our country and our
people have made this possible. DiversityBusiness.com is proud to have been a
force in the business world for such positive change and opportunity. The
initiative that we have led has been instrumental in equalizing the playing
field and for that we are very honored indeed.”
The 15th annual list was produced by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s leading
multicultural B2B online website for privately owned companies.. Over 1,300,000
businesses were asked to answer 10 questions about diversity business in the
marketplace. Their answers were based on factors such as volume, consistency and
quality business opportunities granted to women and minority-owned companies.
Other large companies at the top of the list include IBM, AT&T, Northrop
Grumman, Apple, Office Depot/OfficeMax, The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate, Lockheed
Martin, Verizon, Cisco, Hilton Worldwide, Time Warner and Raytheon.
Top Honors for Top Corporations
While other awards and “Top” lists crown companies for metrics such as overall
economic growth and returns to shareholders, The Div50 is an indicator of which
organizations provide the best and the most business for diversity-owned
companies. “In a marketplace that is increasingly as sensitive to diversity as
it is to revenues, awarding the top buyers of multicultural products and
services is becoming a natural part of the new socioeconomic food chain.
Organizations that consistently buy the most products and services from
diversity businesses, and that sustain the most mutually beneficial business
relationships with their multicultural suppliers, should be recognized not only
by the business community but also by the general public. That is what we have
accomplished in creating The Div50.” said Kenton Clarke.
The Business Power of Diversity
As multicultural and female owned businesses gain more buying power and their
lifestyles become more affluent, multicultural markets are growing in economic
muscle. This in turn attracts more corporations, as they compete for market
share. The Div50 list has therefore become the consumer guide for women and
minority consumers. “As a diversity business owner, I appreciate the business we
receive from corporate buyers; and in turn, when I buy products and services,
either personally or for my company, I am much more likely to buy from the same
companies that support my business or are supporting businesses like mine,” said
Helen Levinson, principle of Desert Rose Design headquartered in Elmhurst,
Illinois.
The Div50
The Div50 is a listing of the top 50 corporate and organizational buyers of
diversity products and services throughout the U.S. It represents the voice of
over 1,300,000 diversity-owned (women, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians,
Native American, and other multicultural groups) businesses in the U.S., in
sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional
services. It has become the Gold Standard to its members and their associates
and reaches millions of consumers every year. In fifteen years, it has become a
highly valued metric of corporate excellence in the diversity space.
The winning companies were honored during a special awards ceremony at
DiversityBusiness.com’s "15th Annual National Summit", which took place on April
30, 2015 at the Harvard Club of New York in NYC.
A complete list of winners is also available at:
http://www.diversitybusiness.com/Resources/DivLists/2015/DivTop50/2015Div50C.htm.
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Rank
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Top 50 Corporations
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Rank
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Top 50 Corporations
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1 |
IBM |
26 |
Walgreens |
2 |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
27 |
Comcast Corporation |
3 |
Northrop Grumman Corporation |
28 |
Microsoft |
4 |
AT & T Inc. |
29 |
Bank of America |
5 |
Verizon |
30 |
Johnson & Johnson |
6 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
31 |
General Motors |
7 |
Apple Inc. |
32 |
The Home Depot, Inc. |
8 |
Raytheon Company |
33 |
Avis Budget Group |
9 |
Hewlett-Packard |
34 |
Nordstrom |
10 |
Time Warner Inc. |
35 |
Kraft Foods |
11 |
Lockheed Martin |
36 |
Turner Construction Company |
11 |
Kroger |
37 |
Pfizer |
12 |
Boeing Company |
38 |
Metlife |
13 |
Toyota |
39 |
United Technologies |
14 |
The Coca-Cola Company |
40 |
Hilton Worldwide |
15 |
United Parcel Service |
40 |
MillerCoors |
16 |
Altria |
41 |
The Walt Disney Company |
17 |
PepsiCo Inc. |
42 |
Ahold USA |
18 |
Target Corporation |
43 |
Prudential Financial |
19 |
Office Depot Inc./OfficeMax. |
44 |
Capital One Financial Corporation |
20 |
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association |
45 |
New York Life |
21 |
Ford |
46 |
Fannie Mae |
22 |
Colgate-Palmolive Company |
47 |
The TJX Companies, Inc. |
23 |
SuperValu Inc. |
48 |
Nestlé |
24 |
Wells Fargo |
49 |
Major League Baseball |
25 |
Pacific Gas & Electric |
50 |
Google |
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Press Contact: | Quantise Rodgers | DiversityBusiness.com | Director of
Communications | 203-255-8966 |
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About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness is the largest organization of
privately owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods
and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges
and universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection
services for diversity including the "Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural
Business Opportunities", "Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America", and
others. Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes Magazine,
Business Week and thousands of other print and internet publications. The
site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its
content and design. Its e-magazine reaches over 3,000,000 readers, an
e-newsletter that reaches 2.4 million, and website visitors of 1.2 million a
month. It is a leading provider of diversity management tools.
DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates
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