Largest private employees: ranked by number of employees in L.A. County.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE 25 largest private sector employers in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County are spread across a wide range of industries including retail, aerospace, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , banking and finance, health care and education. They have a combined workforce of 246,315, up slightly compared with a year ago. Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. remained atop the list, followed by Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. Corp. with 21,000 employees and Boeing (language) BOEING - An early system on the IBM 1130. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. Co. with just 15,825. Boeing's sale of Rocketdyne Rocketdyne is a United States company that designs and produces rocket engines that use liquid propellants. Officially named Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., Rocketdyne is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, headquartered in Canoga Park, California. dropped the Chicago-based aerospace giant to No. 3 last year. Led by Kaiser, health care providers are the largest sector on the list. The seven medical groups combine to employ 68,100 people. The three largest grocery retailers bring that sector to the second position on the list, accounting for nearly 34,000 employees. The third largest sector is banking and finance. Led by Bank of America's 12,200 employees, the three largest financial institutions account for 26,700 employees locally. Overall, Los Angeles County accounts for approximately ap·prox·i·mate adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident. 2. 10 percent of the entire worldwide workforce for companies listed. --David Nusbaum Nusbaum is a village in the district Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated in the southern part of the Eifel. Links
THE PACESETTER KAISER PERMANENTE THE Oakland-based nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. health provider tops the fist of the largest private-sector employers in L.A. County with 32,180 employees, up 1,169 from a year ago. Kaiser has renovated or is in the process of upgrading most of its major hospital facilities in L.A. County, including its flagship This article is about the lead ship, store, or product of a group. For other uses, see Flagship (disambiguation). A flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. Los Angeles Medical Center, Downey Downey, city (1990 pop. 91,444), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach; inc. 1957. Its many manufactures include metal products, rubber goods, communications equipment, and dairy products. Medical Center, West Los Angeles
In addition to its new facilities, Kaiser is introducing an electronic medical record system throughout Kaiser Permanente Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, over the next two years. The system will make medical information immediately available to physicians and other health care providers. Ultimately, Kaiser expects the system to make more medical information available to patients themselves. Kaiser was formed from the health care programs of the Kaiser group of companies in the 1930s and was opened to public enrollment in 1945. Its non-profit structure allows it to own and operate hospitals for members of its HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, plan. It is comprised of three business units: Kaiser Foundation The mission of the Kaiser Foundation is to assist individuals and communities in preventing and reducing the harm associated with problem substance use and addictive behaviours. External links
Overall, Kaiser employs more than 150,000 people systemwide. --David Nusbaum
Rank Company (Ranking in 2005) L.A. County
* name Employees
* address * current
* 2005
1 Kaiser Permanente (1) 32,180
393 E. Walnut St. 30,511
Pasadena 91188
2 Northrop Grumman Corp. (2) 21,000
1840 Century Park East 21,000
Los Angeles 90067
2 Boeing Co. (3) 15,825
2260 E. Imperial Highway 18,558
El Segundo 90245
4 Kroger Co. (4) 14,000
1100 W. Artesia Blvd. 13,862
Compton 90220
5 University of Southern California (5) 12,379
University Park 12,238
Los Angeles 90089
6 Bank of America Corp. (8) 12,200
333 S. Hope St. 10,801
Los Angeles 90071
7 Vons (6) 12,116
618 Michillinda Ave. 11,744
Arcadia 91007
8 Target Corp. (7) 12,066
1150 S. Olive St. 11,526
Minneapolis 55403
9 AT&T Inc. (2) (10) 9,500
1150 S. Olive St. 9,500
Los Angeles 90015
10 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (11) 8,817
8700 Beverly Blvd. 9,127
Los Angeles 90048
11 Wells Fargo (13) 8,458
333S Grand Ave. 8,007
Los Angeles 90071
12 California Institute of Technology (12) 8,453
1200 California Blvd. 8,062
Pasadena 91125
13 Amgen Inc. (18) 8,000
1 Amgen Center Drive 6,700
Thousand Oaks 91320
14 Fedex Corp. (14) 7,976
942 S. Shady Grove Road 7,682
Memphis 38120
15 Albertsons Southern California Region (15) 7,431
1421 S. Manhattan Ave. 7,748
Fullerton 92831
16 ABM Industries Inc. (9) 7,221
5200 S. Eastern Ave. 7,433
Commerce 90040
17 Providence Health System (16) 7,058
501 S. Buena Vista St. 7,277
Burbank 91505
18 Edison International (20) 6,768
2244 Walnut Grove Ave. 6,574
Rosemead 91770
19 Catholic Healthcare West (19) 6,338
251 S. Lake Ave. 6,402
Pasadena 91101
20 UPS (22) 6,295
1201 W. Olympic Blvd. 5,400
Los Angeles 90015
21 Washington Mutual Inc. (17) 6,000
9200 Oakdale Ave. 7,000
Chatsworth 91311
22 Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (23) 5,262
2801 Atlantic Ave. 5,022
Long Beach 90806
23 Sempra Energy (24) 4,151
555 W. Fifth St. 4,705
Los Angeles 90013
24 Adventist Health 4,029
2100 Douglas Blvd. 3,939
Roseville 95661
25 Childrens Hospital Los Angeles 3,814
4650 Sunset Blvd. 3,713
Los Angeles 90027
Rank Companywide Description
Employees
* current
* 2005
1 152,814 non-profit health plan
141,909
2 123,600 defense contractor
125,400
2 155,139 integrated aerospace and defense systems
153,837
4 290,000 grocery retailer
NA
5 12,379 private university
12,238
6 205,000 banking and financial services
177,795
7 31,827 grocery retailer
30,692
8 338,000 retailer
291,593
9 182,980 telecommunications, data, IP-based
157,600 communications services, DSL Internet, local and
long distance voice, directory publishing
10 8,817 medical center
9,127
11 161,586 banking and financial services
156,320
12 8,453 university and Jet Propulsion Laboratory
8,062
13 18,000 biotechnology
14,400
14 NA delivery services
NA
15 NA grocery retailer
230,000
16 73,000 facility services, janitorial, parking,
73,000 security, engineering and lighting
17 NA acute medical, surgical, transition care
NA
18 16,978 electric utility
15,293
19 42,636 hospitals
37,975
20 407,200 package delivery
384,000
21 52,800 banking and financial services
47,321
22 10,209 regional hospital
9,767
23 14,084 energy services
12,663
24 19,026 hospitals
18,823
25 3,814 hospital
3,713
Rank Headquarters Top Local Executive
* city * name
* title
* phone
1 Oakland Dr. Benjamin K. Chu
president, So. Cal. region
(626) 405-5000
2 Los Angeles Ronald D. Sugar
chairman, ceo, president
(310) 553-6262
2 Chicago Gary S. Toyama
vice president
(562) 593-5511
4 Cincinnati Dave Hirz
president, Ralphs Supermarkets
(310) 884-9000
5 Los Angeles Steven B. Sample
president
(213) 740-2311
6 Charlotte, N.C. Lynn Pike
president, California and business
banking
(213) 621-7419
7 Pleasanton Tom Keller
president
(821) 821-7000
8 Minneapolis Carmen Moch
group vice president
(612) 304-6073
9 San Antonio Dave Nichols
senior v.p.
(800) 750-2355
10 same Thomas M. Priselac
ceo, president
(310) 423-3277
11 San Francisco Laura Schulte
regional president
(800) 869-3557
12 Pasadena Jean-Lou Chameau
president
(626) 395-6811
13 Thousand Oaks Kevin W. Sharer
chairman, ceo, president
(805) 447-1000
14 Memphis, Tenn. Frederick W. Smith
chairman, ceo, president
(800) 463-3339
15 Eden Prairie, Minn. Pete Van Helden
sr. v.p., president, retail West
(714) 300-6000
16 San Francisco Steve M. Zaccagnini
executive v.p.
(323) 720-4020
17 Seattle Michael Madden
ceo, So. Cal. region
(818) 843-5111
18 same John E. Bryson
chairman, ceo, president
(626) 302-2222
19 San Francisco Jeff Winter
group v.p., operations
(626) 744-2300
20 Atlanta Timothy Robinson
v.p., West L.A. district
(213) 612-8400
21 Seattle Marcia Lansdon
sr. v.p., consumer banking group manager
(800) 788-7000
22 Huntington Beach Tammie McMann Brailsford
Barry Arbuckle
interim ceo/ceo, president
(562) 933-2000
23 San Diego Debbie Reid
president, coo
(877) 736-7721
24 Roseville Robert G. Carmen
executive vice president, coo
(916) 781-2000
25 Los Angeles Walter W. Noce Jr.
ceo
(323) 660-2450
NA--Not Available
(1) Business Journal estimate.
(2) Formerly SBC Communications Inc.
Note: The information on this list was provided by representatives of
the employers themselves. Companies are ranked by the current number of
full-time employees in L.A. County. Several companies may have
qualified for this list, but failed to submit information or do not
break out local employment data.
To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press
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Researched by David Nusbaum
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