SOUTHPORT,
CT,
October
27,
2005 /DiversityBusiness.com/
DiversityBusiness.com,
the
nation’s’
leading
multicultural
B2B
online
portal,
today
announced
the
Div500,
the
6th
annual
listing
of the
nation’s
top
500
diversity-owned
businesses.
Ranging
in
revenue
size
from
$20
million
to
over
$2
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
2005’s
Div500
are
Software
House
International,
Inc.,
headquartered
in
Somerset,
NJ,
with
$2.5
billion
in
2004
revenues,
Burt
Automotive,
based
in
Centennial,
CO,
with
1.8
billion
in
2004
revenues,
World
Wide
Technology,
Inc.,
headquartered
in St.
Louis,
with
$1.4
billion
in
2004
revenues
and
Omega
World
Travel,
based
in
Fairfax,
VA,
with
$1.2
billion
in
2004
revenues.
These
four
businesses
are
Asian
Pacific
American-,
Hispanic-,
African
American-,
and
Woman-owned
respectively.
The
top
companies
will
be
honored
at a
special
awards
ceremony
at
DiversityBusiness.com’s
6th
Annual
Multicultural
Business
Conference,
taking
place
March
29 –
March
31,
2006
at the
MGM
Mirage
in Las
Vegas,
Nevada.
“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
base
positively
impacts
their
business
revenue
from
this
sector
of
buyers”.
The
Div500
The
Div500
is a
classification
that
represents
the
top
500
diversity-owned
(women,
Blacks,
Hispanics,
Asians,
Native
American
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:
http://www.diversitybusiness.com/topbusinesslist
About
DiversityBusiness.com
Launched
in
1999,
DiversityBusiness.com
with
over
30,000
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.
DiversityBusiness.com
performs
research
on
diversity
businesses
for
such
leading
publications
as
Forbes,
Fortune
magazine
and
numerous
other
media
outlets.
The
site
has
gained
national
recognition
and
has
won
numerous
awards
for
its
content
and
design.
DiversityBusiness.com
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;
CCAii
is the
one of
the
country’s
most
successful
computer-consulting
and
diversity
specialist
firms.
Press
Contact:
Odetta
Rogers
Director
of
Communications
DiversityBusiness.com
Source:
DiversityBusiness.com
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