GT x Inc 1000 Private Titans

Obtaining the biggest revenue does not mean the company is the most successful company these days. It goes beyond revenue and profit. It involves more aspects such as the company's ability to maintain success, drive innovation, enhance customer experience, and so forth. More importantly, the company is also appraised based on its eagerness maintaining and enriching employees' work and life quality. Pondering all the aspects that make great company, Grant Thornton and Inc.com with help from research platform Pitchbook announce 1000 Private Titans in America. They are 1000 companies that not only reach great sales and noteworthy employee growth but also establish extensive reach and influence through social media. Here are some of the notable Private Titans that also establish their branch in Indonesia.

1. Health Company

Health is the most vital thing in human’s life.Getting sick means he/she won’t be able to do things normally. Everything feels quite bad. Yes sometimes people even ignore health, but now more people have a big concern about that. Now there are more people that have a big concern about that and make it as a business. Here are some companies that run in the health sector:

a. ABB Optical Group

ABB Optical Group is one of the leading companies that distribute optical products in the United States, from contact lenses to fully customizable gas permeable. The company was founded in 1989.

b. Amway

“Amway” shortened word for “American Way” is a company that specializes in the use of Multi-Level Marketing to sell health, beauty, and home care products. Based in Michigan, the company founded by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos in 1959 was listed No. 29 in Largest Privately Held Company by Forbes US. In Indonesia, Amway is still “a thing” since It was first launched in 2002.

c. Arthex

Based in the USA, this medical technology company was founded in Munich in 1998. Currently, It employs more than 4.400 people around the globe.

d. Conair

Conair, a company sells small appliances, personal care products, and health and beauty products for professionals and consumers was founded in America in 1959. With a total of 3.571 employees, the company has a revenue of US$ 2.11 billion in 2016.

e. CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a biopharmaceutical company that manufactures plasma-derived and recombinant therapeutic products. The company has now more than 20.000 companies in 30 countries.

2. Technology Company

Technology is supposed to make human’s work easier, that’s why the demand of it gets bigger and bigger as things change over time. This is seen as an opportunity for some people. With of course a lot of investment, they make technology-based companies. Here are a few technology companies:

a. ACN Inc.

Based in North America, ACN Inc. as The Multi-Level Marketing company provides telecommunications, energy, to merchant services globally.  The company has earned US$ 700 million in 2013.

b. Airbnb

With a very high demand to online marketplace and hospitality within urban people in Indonesia, now Airbnb as one of the leading market of those areas internationally has come to fulfil that. Airbnb was founded 10 years ago in California.

c. AT&T

As a  Conglomerate and world’s largest telecommunication company, the company earned U$190.546 billion in 2017. Now the company was led by one of the most important people in the US, Randall L. Stephenson.

d. Avaya

With a total revenue of US$ 3.27 billion in 2017, this multinational company runs the business in technology’s field specializing in Business Communication, like UC, CC, and service. Quite young for a big business, It was started in 2000.

e. BMC Software

Founded in 1980 by John J. Moores, Dan Cloer, and Scott Boulette, The company has many businesses towards digital operations globally. In 2013, BMC transitioned from a public to private company.

3. Finance Company

Anything in this world absolutely needs money. Almost nothing is free, except the air we breathe in. Sometimes, nor people or businesses can’t solve the financial program in some cases. This is the right time for a finance company to come and solve that. Here a few finance companies:

a. Allied Insurance

Allied Insurance provides insurance not just to individuals and family, but also to businesses. The company was founded in 1929 by Harold Evans, initially known as  ALLIED Mutual Automobile Association. As one of world’s largest diversified insurance and financial organization, Allied began the expansion in Indonesia in 2002.

b. BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is the world’s 8th largest bank by total assets. Worldwide, It now operates in 77 countries including Indonesia. Noted in 2017, the company has a total revenue of 43.161 billion (in Euro). It was founded 170 years ago.

c. Capital Group

Capital Group as one of the world’s oldest and largest investment management organization has assets of US$ 1.7 trillion under management.

d. Chubb

Chubb is a global provider insurance products that cover property and casualty, accident and health, reinsurance, and life insurance. The company now operates in 54 companies including Indonesia with total revenue of US$ 19.138 billion in 2017.

e. DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a multinational law firm that offers corporate, employment financial and other law services to corporate clients around the world. It was formed in January 2015 between three law firms, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, Piper Rudnick LLP, and DLA LLP.

4. Manufacture Company

Companies that run in manufacturing sector hold a very big part of human’s life. Not just to the big amount of its target, but also to the big number of its employees and the environment that gets a very big impact of it directly. Running a business that is needed by many people is very legit. Therefore, here are a few of them:

a. Aramco Services

Aramco Services is a child’s company of Saudi Aramco that works with manufacturers to source high-quality materials. The Parent company is headquartered in Saudi Arabia with a total revenue of US$ 311 billion in 2012.

b. Ashley Furniture

Headquartered in Arcadia, Wisconsin, Ashley Furniture is manufacturer and retailer that was founded by father and son, Ron and Todd Wanek.

c. Avenue Stores

The fashion business is quite legit this time. Avenue Stores pays attention to those people that are hard finding fit clothes. Avenue Stores specializes in plus size clothing for women. In 2006, the company’s revenue was about US$ 3.20s million.

d. Bic

Bic is shortened word for a company based in France named Societe Bic. Though the company produces many consumer goods, It is internationally known as ballpoint pen producer.

e. Cargill

The trader, the purchaser, and the distributor of grain and many agricultural commodities, Cargill is an American privately held global corporation that is founded 153 years ago by William Wallace Cargill continues to be a family-owned business with 90% ownership until now. It has total assets of US$ 59.475 billion in 2018.

5. Service Company

Service business will never end just like technology business. Service also makes human’s work easier. That’s why It’s now a concern for some people as there are more needs demanded by people. Here are a few companies that run in the service sector:

a. Adknowledge

Adknowledge is a digital marketing company headquartered in Kansas that works with brands, agencies, and publishers. One of the famous invents is Super-Rewards, a system that has successfully given gamers more dollars nowadays.

b. Bain & Company

Bain & Company is essentially a global management consultancy. But, It is famously known for being very secretive. “Its clients are given codenames” and “employees must sign non-disclosure contracts for promising not reveal client names and required to adhere to a code of confidentiality” make the company sometimes referred as “KGB of Consulting”. In spite of that, Bain is frequently listed in the annual ranking by Glassdoor as “Top Best Places to Work”.

c. Boston Consulting Group

Boston is one of MBB (the name given to the world’s three largest strategy consulting firms by revenue) with revenue of US$ 6.3 billion in 2017. Established since 55 years ago, It already has 90 offices in 50 countries across the globe. James Abegglen, business theorist and Professor in management and economics at Sophia University is one of Boston’s Founder.

d. Bureau Veritas North America

Founded in 1828, Bureau Veritas always keeps serving companies, consumers, and public authorities better performance in quality, health & safety, environmental protection and social responsibility. Bureau was public in 2007.

e. C3

In Business Review Weekly in the article titled God’s Millionaires, written that C3 promotes the idea that it is a Christian’s responsibility to achieve wealth and worldly success. C3 itself is a religious movement that is committed to healthy relationship connection between ministers and churches. It is founded by Dr Phill Pringle and Christine Pringle in Easter 1980.

To become successful like those companies, We as humans could imitate the way they do in the business. Keep making innovations and be good to people and the environment around people!