Minority-owned businesses.L.A. County based; ranked by companywide revenues EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COOK Inlet Cook Inlet Inlet, Gulf of Alaska in the northern Pacific Ocean. Bounded by the Kenai Peninsula on the east, it extends northeast for 220 mi (350 km), narrowing from 80 to 9 mi (129 to 14 km). Anchorage is situated near its head. Energy Supply LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control no longer tops the list of the largest minority-owned businesses in L.A. County--as it had repeatedly--following its acquisition by Australian-based Macquarie Bank Macquarie Bank Limited is an Australian merchant bank and financial services group, providing a broad range of products and services to investors, corporations and government. Its global headquarters is in Sydney, and it is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Group last November November: see month. . Three of the largest companies on the list are Chinese-American owned companies. They include seafood seafood Edible aquatic animals excluding mammals, but including both freshwater and ocean creatures. Seafood includes bony and cartilaginous fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, edible jellyfish, sea turtles, frogs, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. supplier Red Chamber Group, No. 1 this year, followed by City of Industry-based Newegg Newegg is an online computer hardware and software retailer based in City of Industry, California, that was founded in 2001 by Fred Chang. It caters only to customers in the United States. It has supply warehouses in California, Tennessee, and New Jersey. .com, an online computer and consumer electronic ecommerce See e-commerce. company. Walnut-based ViewSonic ViewSonic is a manufacturer and provider of visual technology, specifically CRT monitors, liquid crystal displays, projectors, plasma displays, HDTV technology, and mobile products, including tablet PCs and wireless monitors. Corp., No. 3 this year, manufactures and distributes computer and entertainment displays. Korean-American owned Forever 21, No. 4 this year, saw revenues increase to $924 million, a 24 percent increase over 2004. Fast-food fast food n. Inexpensive food, such as hamburgers and fried chicken, prepared and served quickly. fast chain Panda Restaurant Group, No. 5 this year, rounds out the top five with $757 million in revenues, a 24 percent increase over the previous year. Overall, the 50 largest minority-owned businesses reported combined revenues of $8 billion, up $1.1 billion or 16 percentr. They employ 30,000 people in over 300 worldwide offices. --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 RED CHAMBER GROUP WITH revenues topping $1.3 billion, Red Chamber Group tops this year's list of the largest minority-owned businesses in L.A. County. Revenues increased by $110 million or 9 percent compared with the previous year. The Vernon-based company imports seafood from more than 40 countries worldwide and has cold-storage facilities capable of holding more than 60 million pounds. Despite increasing fears over mercury Mercury, in astronomy Mercury, in astronomy, nearest planet to the sun, at a mean distance of 36 million mi (58 million km); its period of revolution is 88 days. content in fish, the company is betting that its business will continue to expand. "There is a lot of room to grow," said Rick Martin, executive director, citing a recent study by the United Nations that noted worldwide seafood consumption is approximately ap·prox·i·mate adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident. 2. 34 pounds per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. but only 17 pounds per capita in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "We'll we'll Contraction of we will. we'll we will or we shall we'll will ~shall see consumption trends go up as the awareness of benefits increases." The company's biggest category of seafood is shrimp, for which it is the largest importer in the U.S. Beyond shrimp, it offers a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s group of products including crab, lobster lobster, marine crustacean with five pairs of jointed legs, the first bearing large pincerlike claws of unequal size adapted to crushing the shells of its prey. and fin fish. It owns food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. and breading facilities, including one 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. and three in Florida Florida, state, United States Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and . Products are sold in bulk or can be portion-control packaged with nutrition nutrition, study of the materials that nourish an organism and of the manner in which the separate components are used for maintenance, repair, growth, and reproduction. Nutrition is achieved in various ways by different forms of life. labeling and instructions for preparation. Red Chamber has recently added dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl to its portfolio. Two years ago, it acquired a manufacturer of California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). cheese and last year it added a small Buena Park-based ice cream company. Red Chamber also purchased the Singleton sin·gle·ton n. An offspring born alone. singleton Medtalk One baby. Cf Triplet, Twin. and Meridian Meridian (mərĭd`ēən), city (1990 pop. 41,036), seat of Lauderdale co., E Miss., near the Ala. line; settled 1831, inc. 1860. seafood brands from ConAgra Foods ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America's largest packaged foods companies. ConAgra's products are available in supermarkets, as well as restaurants and food service establishments. Its headquarters are located in Omaha, Nebraska. Inc. Combined sales for the two brands totaled $350 million last year according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. ConAgra. The deal is expected to close on March 31. Founded in 1973, the company is owned by the Chinese-American Kou family. It was originally started as a small, family-owned restaurant before becoming an importer and supplier. The company employs 1,000 people in its 13 worldwide offices. --David Nusbaum
Rank Company (ranking in 2005) Revenues
* name (millions)
* address * 2005
* 2004
* percent change
1 Red Chamber Group (2) $1,310
1912 E. Vernon Ave. $1,200
Vernon 90058 9.2%
3 Newegg.com 1,300
16839 E. Gale Ave. 980
City of Industry 91745 32.7
3 ViewSonic Corp. (3) 1,200
381 Brea Canyon Road 1,100
Walnut 91789 9.1
4 Forever 21 Inc. (4) 924
2001 S. Alameda St. 643
Los Angeles 90058 43.7
5 Panda Restaurant Group (6) 757
1683 Walnut Grove Ave. 610.8
Rosemead 91770 23.9
6 Act-1 Group (5) 718
1999 W. 190th St. 622.7
Torrance 90504 15.3
7 America Chung Nam Inc. (7) 700.2
1163 Fairway Drive 504.6
City of Industry 91789 38.8
8 Superior Communications (9) 245
5027 Irwindale Ave., Suite 900 132.7
Irwindale 91706 84.6
9 K.V. Mart Co. (8) 235.6
1245 E. Watson Center Road 250.8
Carson 90745 -6.1
10 American Apparel 192.2
747 Warehouse St. 147
Los Angeles 90021 30.7
11 Pacific American Fish Co. 150
5525 S. Santa Fe Ave. 140
Vernon 90058 7.1
12 JC Sales (13) 121.5
2720 S. Soto St. 112.6
Los Angeles 90023 7.9
13 PC Club (12) 108
18537 E. Gale Ave. 112
City of Industry 91748 -3.6
14 Premic Inc. (11) 105.3
918 Radecki Court 112.5
City of Industry 91748 -6.4
15 F. Gavina & Sons Inc. (15) 90
2700 Fruitland Ave. 80
Vernon 90058 12.5
16 Norstar Office Products Inc. (17) 60.5
5353 Jillson St. 58.0
Commerce 90040 4.3
17 Graphic Press (18) 60
6100 S. Malt Ave. 56
Los Angeles 90040 7.1
18 Cyberpower Inc. (19) 59.9
4802 Little John St. 52.2
Baldwin Park 91706 14.8
19 Beauchamp Distributing Co. 58.5
1911 S. Santa Fe Ave. 58.9
Compton 90221 -0.7
20 Dynamic Systems Inc. 53.3
5261 W. Imperial Highway 51.8
Los Angeles 90045 2.9
21 Diverse Staffing Inc. 48.6
5900 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 156 44.2
Commerce 90040 10
22 La Reina Inc. (20) 46
316 N. Ford Blvd. 45
Los Angeles 90022 2.2
23 Koos Manufacturing Inc. (14) 37
2741 Seminole Ave. 80
South Gate 90280 -53.8
24 Downey Ford Inc. 36
9500 Lakewood Blvd. 32
Downey 90240 12.5
25 Dynalink Systems Inc. (21) 33
11222 La Cienega Blvd., Suite 588 41
Inglewood 90304 -19.5
26 Young Systems Corp. (25) 29.7
13850-B Cerritos Corporate Drive 26.6
Cerritos 90703 11.7
27 Red Peacock International Inc. (24) 28.6
1945 Gardena Ave. 26.7
Glendale 91204 7.1
28 Computer Consulting Operations 26
600 Corporate Pointe, Suite 1010 25
Culver City 90230 4
29 JJJ Floor Covering Inc. (26) 25.8
4831 Passons Blvd. 25.8
Pico Rivera 90660 0
30 Fresh Fields Foods Inc. (29) 25
14805 S. San Pedro Ave. 22.6
Los Angeles 90248 10.6
31 La Amapola Inc (27) 24.5
7223 Compton Ave. 24.8
Los Angeles 90001 -1.2
32 WWCOT (30) 22.9
3130 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor 20.1
Santa Monica 90403 13.9
33 Casa Herrera Inc. (31) 20.8
2655 N. Pine St. 20.1
Pomona 91767 3.5
34 Prosum Inc. (32) 18.8
2321 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 4225 17.3
El Segundo 90245 8.5
35 Patten Energy 17
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd. 13
Los Angeles 90045 30.8
36 Radarworks Inc. 16.2
5100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1104 17.7
Los Angeles 90048 -8.2
37 Support Services of America Inc. (35) 15.5
12440 Firestone Blvd., Suite 312 11.8
Norwalk 90650 31.4
38 La Agencia de Orcf & Asociados (34) 15.1
11620 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor 14
Los Angeles 90025 7.9
39 United Pumping Service Inc. (37) 13.1
14000 E. Valley Blvd. 10.7
City of Industry 91746 22.4
40 Adenna Inc. (36) 12.2
12216 McCann Drive 10.9
Santa Fe Springs 90670 11.9
41 Endpak Packaging 12.1
7343 Paramount Blvd. NA
Pico Rivera 90660 NA
42 RMI International Inc. 12
10535 Paramount Blvd., Suite 201 10
Downey 90241 20
43 Johnson-Peltier (38) 9.8
12021 Shoemaker Ave. 10.1
Santa Fe Springs 90670 -3.5
44 Ace Fence Co. (41) 9.6
15135 Salt Lake Ave. 7.5
City of Industry 91746 28
45 Systech Solutions (46) 9.4
450 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 550 6
Glendale 91203 55.8
46 One Stop Shop (44) 9
9400 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Suite 210 6.5
Chatsworth 91311 38.8
47 United Storm Water Inc. (40) 9
14000 E. Valley Blvd., Suite B 7.8
City of Industry 91746 15.4
48 Diamond Paving Inc. 8
15480 E. Arrow Highway, Suite 208-A 4
Baldwin Park 91706 100
49 InterTrend Communications 7.2
555 E. Ocean Blvd., Ninth Floor 7
Long Beach 90802 2.9
50 Uniserve Facilities Services Corp. 7.2
550 S. Hope St., Suite T-200 6.9
Los Angeles 90071 4.3
Rank Majority Ownership Type of Business
1 Chinese-American seafood supplier
3 Chinese-American online computer and consumer
electronic e-commerce company
3 Chinese-American computer and entertainment
displays distributor
4 Korean-American retailer
5 Chinese-American owns and operates restaurants
nationwide
6 African-American staffing, human resources,
managed human resources
services
7 Chinese-American waste paper and pulp exporter
8 Chinese-American manufacturer and distributor of
wireless phone accessories
9 Iranian-American grocery stores
10 Korean clothing wholesale and retail
11 Korean-American seafood distributor and
manufacturer
12 Korean-American general merchandise wholesaler
13 Chinese-American computer retail and services
14 Chinese-American hardware manufacturer, education
software developer, contract
manufacturer
15 Cuban-American specialty coffee roaster and
wholesaler
16 Chinese-American office furniture manufacturer and
distributor
17 Mexican-American commercial printer
18 Chinese-American computer and parts seller
19 African-American beverage wholesaler
20 Mexican-American IT solutions provider
21 Mexican-American staffing services
22 Mexican-American Mexican food products and frozen
food entrees manufacturer
23 Korean denim jeans manufacturer
24 Mexican-American automotive sales and service
25 Chinese-American international transportation and
freight forwarder
26 Korean-American retail and wholesale of office
machines and their supplies
27 Asian Indian distributor of portable electronics
28 African-American desktop support services,
voice/video/data integration,
networking, helpdesk, security
29 Mexican-American floor covering products and
installation services
30 Cuban-American fresh cut vegetable processor
31 Mexican-American market, Mexican deli
32 Hispanic architecture, programming, master
planning, interior design, tenant
improvements, strategic planning
33 Mexican-American designer and manufacturer of food
processing machinery for tortilla
products
34 Indian-American information technology services
35 African-American petroleum
36 Hispanic marketing and advertising
37 Hispanic janitorial, landscaping,
maintenance and security services
38 Mexican-American integrated communications agency,
specializing in the U.S. Hispanic
market
39 Mexican-American hazardous waste/environmental
remediation contractor
40 Chinese-American distributor of exam gloves and
industrial gloves
41 Mexican-American packaging manufacturer
42 Mexican-American security guard services, security
management, event management,
consulting, executive protection
43 Native American industrial and commercial electrical
contractor
44 Chinese-American fencing contractor
45 Indian-American information technology
professional services
46 Hispanic computer supplies
47 Mexican-American storm water solutions contractor
48 Hispanic construction, asphalt grading &
paving
49 Chinese-American marketing communications agency
50 Asian-American janitorial services provider
Rank Profile Web site
* year founded
* employees (county/total)
* offices (county/total)
1 1973 redchamber.com
500/1,000
8/13
3 2001 newegg.com
800/1,200
5/12
3 1987 viewsonic.com
230/664
1/24
4 1984 forever21.com
NA/9,500
1/1
5 1973 pandarg.com
NA/12,000
1/NA
6 1978 act-1.com
NA/NA
NA/NA
7 1990 N/A
143/158
1/3
8 1991 superiorcommunications.com
221/236
1/2
9 1977 kvmart.com
900/1,100
17/19
10 1998 americanapparel.net
3,400/4,400
12/105
11 1977 pafco.net
161/181
1/3
12 1993 jcsales.biz
240/240
1/1
13 1991 pcclub.com
180/400
12/44
14 1989 premioinc.com
150/210
1/7
15 1967 gavina.com
290/300
1/2
16 1990 bosschair.com
54/2,700
1/5
17 2000 graphicpresst.com
252/275
1/6
18 1998 cyberpowersystem.com
60/60
1/1
19 1971 N/A
140/140
1/1
20 1991 dynamicsystemsinc.com
26/32
1/5
21 2000 dss-staffing.com
2,000/3,100
3/8
22 1958 lareinafamilybrands.com
250/400
2/3
23 1985 koos.com
700/700
1/1
24 1997 downeyford.com
91/91
1/1
25 1992 dynalinksystems.com
40/43
2/2
26 1985 nuworldinc.com
50/50
1/1
27 1997 redpeacock.com
6/8
1/2
28 1985 ccops.com
100/150
1/3
29 1964 N/A
75/150
1/4
30 1994 fieldfresh.com
400/425
1/1
31 1961 amnapolamarket.com
211/211
2/2
32 1964 wwcot.com
106/120
1/5
33 1953 casaherrera.com
144/144
1/1
34 1996 prosum.com
137/142
2/3
35 1990 pattenenergy.com
15/15
1/1
36 1995 radar-works.com
6/24
48/1
37 1996 supportservicesamerica.com
100/500
1/4
38 1986 laagencia.com
85/95
1/3
39 1970 unitedpumping.com
100/100
1/1
40 1997 adenna.com
15/15
15/1
41 1992 N/A
NA/NA
NA/NA
42 1996 rmiintl.com
200/500
1/14
43 1957 Johnson-peltier.com
75/75
1/1
44 1988 acefencecompany.com
68/68
1/1
45 1993 systechusa.com
51/133
1/3
46 1998 onestopshop.bz
22/22
1/1
47 1999 unitedstormwater.com
25/26
1/2
48 2003 N/A
4/4
1/1
49 1991 intertrend.com
45/45
1/1
50 1966 uniservecorp.com
150/200
2/4
Rank Top Local Executive
* name
* title
* phone
1 Ming Bin Kou
president
(323) 234-9000
3 Fred Chang
chairman, ceo
(626) 271-1420
3 James Chu
ceo
(800) 888-8583
4 Do Won Chang
ceo
(213) 741-5100
5 Andrew Cherng/Peggy Cherng
co-chairman/co-chairwoman, ceo
(626) 799-9898
6 Janice Bryant Howroyd
ceo
(310) 750-3400
7 Peter Wang
ceo
(909) 839-8383
8 Solomon Chen
ceo, president
(626) 856-6020
9 Darioush Khaledi
chairman, ceo
(310) 816-0200
10 Dov Charney
ceo
(213) 488-0226
11 Peter Huh
ceo, president
(323) 319-1515
12 James H. Shin
ceo, president
(323) 881-0099
13 Jeff Lan
president
(626) 839-8080
14 Crystal Wu
ceo
(800) 977-3646
15 Pedro L. Gavina
president
(323) 582-0671
16 William Huang
ceo
(323) 262-1919
17 John Zamora
ceo, owner
(323) 726-6100
18 Stanley Ho
ceo, president
(626) 813-7730
19 Patrick Beauchamp
president
(310) 639-5320
20 Mardi Norman
ceo, president
(310) 337-4400
21 Cesar Hindu
director of operations
(714) 525-8477
22 Mauro Robles
ceo
(323) 268-2791
23 U. Yul Ku
president
(323) 564-2100
24 Bob Remy
president
(562) 861-6771 x101
25 Jack Chen
ceo, president
(310) 216-6881
26 Young H. Lee
president
(562) 921-2256
27 John Lalwani/Ruby Mansukhani
v.p., sales/president
(818) 265-7722
28 Mary Ann Mitchell
ceo
(310) 568-5000
29 Joseph Miano
president
(562) 692-9008
30 Emelio Castaneda
president
(310) 719-8422
31 Carlos B. Galvan
president
(323) 587-7118
32 Chester Widom/Adrian Cohen
partners
(310) 828-0040
33 Alfred J. Herrera
president
(800) 624-3916
34 Ravi Chatwani
ceo, president
(310) 426-0600
35 Ezekiel Patten Jr.
president
(310) 665-9100
36 Liz Pigram
president
(323) 965-5091
37 Alex Fortunati
ceo, president
(562) 868-3550
38 Dilys Tosteson Garcia
ceo, president
(310) 444-7300
39 Eduardo T. Perry
president
(626) 961-9326
40 Maxwell Lee
ceo, president
(562) 777-8026
41 Edgar Garcia/Carlos Garcia
ceo/president
(562) 801-0281
42 Richard Rodriguez
ceo, president
(562) 806-9098
43 Howard Peltier
president
(562) 944-3408
44 America Tang
ceo
(626) 333-0727
45 Arun Gollapudi
ceo
(818) 827-5600
46 Marx E. Acosta-Rubio
ceo
(800) 365-9545
47 Eduardo Perry Jr.
president
(877) 717-8676
48 Enrique Castillo
president
(626) 813-1115
49 Julia Huang
ceo
(562) 733-1888
50 Anthony Santana
ceo
(213) 533-1000
NA--Not Available
N/A--Not Applicable
Note: The information on this list was supplied by representatives of
the companies themselves. Companies are ranked by 2005 revenues.
Numbers that appear to be tied have been rounded. To qualify for the
list, a company must at least 50 percent minority-owned, privately-held
and headquartered in Los Angeles County. Cook Inlet Energy Supply LLC,
No. 1 last year, and Soltre Technology, No. 43 last year, were acquired
by other companies in 2005. Due to the right of privately-held
businesses to withhold information, the Business Journal makes no
pretense of this being a complete list of the largest minority-owned
businesses in L.A. County.
To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press
time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and
thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors sometimes
occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to
the Research Department, Los Angeles Business Journal, 5700 Wilshire
Blvd., Suite 170, Los Angeles 90036. [c]2006 Los Angeles Business
Journal. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in part without
prior written permission from the editor. Reprints are available from
Wright's Reprints, (877) 652-5295.
Researched by David Nusbaum
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