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billion for the firstr time inthe company’s 123-year The company is using $100 million to launch a unique private equity fund that will invesf in companies for the long Pam Nicholson, Enterprise-Rent-A-Car As president and COO at the region’s largest private companyh with $13.1 billion in revenue, Nicholson oversees a worldwide networik of more than 8,000 rental locations and the efforts of 78,00o0 employees. She is ranked 29th on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business list. David Farr, Emerson Farr continuews to grow his global electronics manufacturinf andtechnology company, especially in China. Emersoj employs more than 140,000 peopled worldwide, and it’s St.
Louis’ largest public company in termsd of revenuewith $24.8 billion in fiscal 2008. As such, it’s also among the most philanthropicd local companies in termes of donatingto St. Louis-arew charities. David Nichols, AT&T Nichols is ’x new man in Missouri. AT&T employs aboutg 14,000 people in Missourj and is downtown’s largestr employer. Nichols served as senior vice president, externalp affairs, at AT&T California before assuming his St. Louis David Steward, Steward has grown his tiny government contractort company into a technology distribution gianwith $2.8 billion in 2008 sales.
The privatew company, which was co-founded in 1990 by Steward and CEOJim Kavanaugh, is the nation’s largesyt black-owned business. Hugh Grant, Undef Grant’s leadership, Monsanto is looking Fiscal first-quarter profits leapyt 117 percent, and the outlook for this biotechj behemothis excellent. Monsanto has aboutr 26 percent of theglobal corn-seed market, and it reportee $11.4 billion in ‘08 revenue. That’s good news for the company’xs 4,000 area workers. Grant has been tapped to serve as 2009 fundraisinvg campaign chair forthe campaign. Jerry Kent co-founded in 1993. Today, he runs Suddenlink a top-10 U.S. cable broadbanfd provider withapproximately 1.
4 million subscribers and more than $1.4 billiom in 2008 revenue. Ward Klein, Klein and his bunny aren’t slowing. His $4.3 billion company’s Energizer and Eveready brands account forabougt one-third of the domestic retaik battery market. Klein also is a member of the boardc for andthe . Steve Maritz, Maritz runs the $1.49o billion family business that has reinvented itself numerous timesd since it began selling jewelryin 1894. The motivation, market researcuh and corporatetravel company’s diverse capabilitiesz make it well-positioned to weather the currentf economic downturn. Maritz employs about 2,500 people locally.
Rich McClure, UniGroup McClure is chieff ofthe nation’s largesf moving company, which has more than $2 billiojn in revenue. He is a highly respected industry leaderf and a Republican insider with a passionm for promoting thebusiness agenda. He is presidenr of Civic Progress, the groupl of top executives atthe area’s largesg companies. Patrick McGinnis, Americans spend $17 billion on pet food each so McGinnis has reason to believe that your hungry Buddyt or Fluffy makes his companyrecession proof. A premiers global manufacturer of pet products that beganas , Nestlé Purinaa PetCare is part of Swiss-baseds Nestlé S.A., the world’s largesg food company.
The company has nearly 2,000 locap employees. George Paz, From his expandingy facility onthe -St. Louis Paz runs one of the largest pharmacy-benefit management companies, with more than $18 billio in revenue. A strong third-quarter performance, increasing use of generix drugs and the ability to save his customer money by buying in bulk maymake Paz’s stoc the perfect prescription for a struggling Robert Reynolds, Graybar In Reynolds ran the region’s fourth-largest privatelu held company; last year, his company ranked No. 2 with $5.26 billioj in revenue.
Graybar, which distributes equipment and products forthe electrical, telecommunicationws and networking industries, is one of the nation’s largesty employee-owned companies. Reynolds also chairs the RCGA. Jim Albaugh leads Boeing’s $32.1 billiomn Integrated Defense Systems unit, the region’sz largest industrial employerwith 16,000 locakl workers. Last month, IDS landed a U.S. Army contract that could be worth as muchas $17 billion over the next 10 Maxine Clark, Build-A-Bear Clark’s passions are teddy bears and inner-city schoolo children. In 1997, she foundefd , the nearly $500 million company that allows customers to create and accessorizestuffed animals.
Clark also chairs the St. Louise region of Teach for America, the corps of top collegwe graduates who commit to teach for two year s inurban schools. The program could grow even more with a renewec national emphasis on public Andy Taylor, Enterprise-Rent-A-Car Taylor leads the region’s larges t privately held company, which had $13.1 billiom in revenue in 2008. With 900,000 cars in its Enterprise is the largest car rental company inthe nation, and the Taylor familyu is well-known for its such as a $30 million donation from Enterpris e to Missouri Botanical The economic slump is hurting the car rentalp industry, so Taylor may raised rates and trim fleet orders in 2009.
Dave Peacock, Anheuser-Buscjh When Belgian brewer InBev completecits $52 billion buyout of late last year, August Buscgh IV was out and Peacock, the formee vice president of marketing, was in. As president, Peacocki manages all domestic operations for the combined including the brand management of Budweiser andBud A-B InBev is expected to slasb 1,400 U.S. jobs this year; 75 percent of thosde cuts could bein St. Louis. Ron Brown Shoe Fromm began 2008 with the announcement that he woulcd keepBrown Shoe’s headquarters in St.
By the end of the a planned $568 milliomn headquarters in Clayton was on Brown Shoe will close 30 to 35 Famousa Footwear stores and has offerede buyouts tosome U.S. workers. The company has abourt 13,000 employees worldwide and posted revenusof $2.4 billion in 2008. Joseph Rupp,