Listed in the Inc.500|5000 Annual Exclusive List of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – September 17, 2013 – Nordis Direct announced today that they have been ranked No. 4199 by Inc. magazine on its seventh annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs. Fuhu tops this year’s list. Nordis Direct joins LivingSocial, Edible Arrangements, CDW and Lifelock, among other prominent brands featured on this year’s list.
“Nordis Direct has made tremendous progress during the past three years, all due to our Expresso Technology and our solid foundation of dedicated, talented employees. We have overcome numerous challenges in our pursuit to grow the business, perfect our technology, and build lasting client relationships. We will undoubtedly have many more challenges ahead of us, however; together with increasing demand for Expresso and the core team we have in place, I have every confidence that Nordis Direct will continue to realize new levels of success,” stated Nordis Direct President/CEO Ronnie Selinger.
In a stagnant economic environment, median growth rate of 2013 Inc. 500|5000 companies is an impressive 142 percent. The companies on this year’s list report having created over 520,000 jobs in the past three years, and aggregate revenue among the honorees reached $241 billion.
“Not all the companies in the Inc. 500|5000 are in glamorous industries, but in their fields they are as famous as household name companies simply by virtue of being great at what they do. They are the hidden champions of job growth and innovation, the real muscle of the American economy,” says Inc. Editor Eric Schurenberg.
Methodology
The 2013 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2009 to 2012. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2009. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2012. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2009 is $100,000; the minimum for 2012 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000.
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