The Valley's largest private companies: ranked by 2004 revenues.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The top three largest private companies on the Business Journal list this year are as diverse as the Valley. Taking the No. 3 spot on this year's list is Keyes Keyes is a common surname. It may refer to several notable people:
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All food-related businesses operate under the Dole umbrella umbrella, a small canopy used as a protection against the sun in China, Egypt, and elsewhere in remote antiquity. It was often an emblem of rank. During the Middle Ages the umbrella became almost extinct in Europe; its usefulness was not rediscovered until the late , and all other businesses operate under the Castle & Cooke moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. . Dole was founded in 1851 in Hawaii Hawaii, island, United States Hawaii, island (1990 pop. 120,217), 4,037 sq mi (10,456 sq km), largest and southernmost island of the state of Hawaii and coextensive with Hawaii co.; known as the Big Island. as the Hawaiian Hawaiian, member of the Polynesian group of the Austronesian family of languages. Of the fewer than 10,000 people who speak Hawaiian, only a few hundred are native speakers, but the language is taught in some Hawaiian schools and remains important as a symbol of Pineapple pineapple, common name for one member of and for the Bromeliaceae, a family of chiefly epiphytic herbs and small shrubs native to the American tropics and subtropics. Company by James Dole James Drummond Dole (September 27, 1877–May 1958), also known as the Pineapple King, was a United States industrialist who developed the pineapple industry in Hawaii and established the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. . Dole grew and canned pineapples and built the company into Hawaii's second largest industry. Today, Dole operates as the world's largest producer and marketer of fresh fruit, vegetables and cut flowers flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a bouquet. See also: Flower with a line of packaged and frozen foods. Castle & Cooke, which was founded as a general store by Samuel Samuel, two books of the Bible, originally a single work, called First and Second Samuel in modern Bibles, and First and Second Kingdoms in the Septuagint. They are considered part of "Deuteronomistic history," in which the book of Deuteronomy functions as the Northrup Castle and Amos Starr Cooke over 150 years ago, is engaged in real estate development and ownership, transportation equipment leasing Equipment Leasing is a financing option to lease equipment for a certain amount of time. Leasing Benefits
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By Vanessa Herman
THE VALLEY'S LARGEST PRIVATE COMPANIES
Ranked by revenues
Rank Company Revenues
* name (millions)
* address * fiscal 2004
* fiscal 2003
June 30, 2005
1 MDFC Holding Co. $6,250
1 Dole Drive $5,607
Westlake Village 91362 $3,469
2 Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc. (1) 2,364
31356 Via Colinas, Suite 107 2,434
Westlake Village 91362 NA
3 Keyes Motors Inc. (2) 1,017.1
5855 Van Nuys Blvd. NA
Van Nuys 91401 NA
4 DreamWorks LLC (1) 981
1000 Flower St. NA
Glendale 91201 NA
5 Sunkist Growers Inc. (1) 975
14130 Riverside Drive 942
Sherman Oaks 91423 NA
6 PMC Global Inc. (1) 784
12243 Branford St. NA
Sun Valley 91352 NA
7 ValleyCrest Companies 730
24151 Ventura Blvd. 670
Calabasas 91302 115
8 Galpin Motors Inc. 728
15505 Roscoe Blvd. 774
North Hills 91343 395.2
9 Apple0ne Employment Services (1) 721
327 W. Broadway NA
Glendale 91204 NA
10 Team Services 607.7
1023 N. Hollywood Way 583.4
Burbank 91505 157.9
11 Tutor-Saliba Corp. 541
15901 Olden St. 593.4
Sylmar 91342 191
12 Bernards Bros. Inc. 353.8
618 San Fernando Road 298
San Fernando 91340 178
13 ACCO Engineered Systems Inc. 321.2
6265 San Fernando Rd. 295.9
Glendale 91201 168.9
14 Allen Lund Co. Inc. 206.7
4529 Angeles Crest Highway Suite 300 171.4
La Canada Flintridge 91011 117.8
15 Mobile Storage Group Inc. 172.5
7590 N. Glenoaks Blvd. 157.4
Burbank 91504 95
16 Fruit Growers Supply Co. (1) 135
14130 Riverside Drive NA
Sherman Oaks 91423 NA
17 Montrose Trave 102.2
12349 Honolulu Ave. 101.6
Montrose 91020 53.8
18 Anthony Inc. 117
12812 Arroyo St. 109.3
San Fernando 91342 59.2
19 John Paul Richard Inc. 87.0
26800 Agoura Rd. 86.0
Calabasas 91301 25.0
20 United Pacific Mortgage 82.6
21600 Oxnard St. 49.7
Woodland Hills 91367 49.8
21 Larwin Co. 78.0
16633 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1300 171.0
Encino 91436 95.0
Rank Profile Description
* Valley employees
* national employees
* year established
1 300 holding company for Dole Food Co.
67,680 and Castle and Cooke Inc.
1851
2 NA electrical products distributor
NA
1957
3 NA automotive dealerships
NA
NA
4 NA movie, television and
NA music producers
1994
5 NA cooperative marketer of hash and
NA processed fruits
1893
6 NA manufacturer of chemicals,
NA pharmaceutical intermediates,
1971 equipment and plastics
7 1033 full-service landscape organization
8500
1949
8 1135 automotive dealerships
1135
1946
9 NA temporary and full-time
NA employment services
1964
10 50 employer of record payroll service
60
1992
11 760 general contractor
2400
1972
12 136 commercial general contractor,
228 construction management
1974
13 700 mechanical contractor
1,570
1934
14 58 transportation brokerage/logistics
250
1976
15 103 rental and sale of on-site storage con-
811 tainers, trailers and portable offices
1988
16 NA manufactures citrus fruit shipping
NA supplies, irrigation tools
1907
17 152 travel agency
152
1956
18 644 distributor of case doors, shelving and
647 lighting systems for comm'l refrigeration
1998
19 114.0 women's apparel manufacturing and
72.0 wholesale sales
1996
20 217.0 mortgage banking and brokerage
337.0
1990
21 35.0 homebuilding, land development
40.0
1948
Rank Controlling Stakeholder(s) Marketing Contact
* name(s) * website
* percentage owned
1 David Murdock dole.com
100%
2 Colburn family cedcareers.com
WND
3 NA keyescars.com
NA
4 D. Geffen/J. Katzenberg/ dreamworks.com
S. Spielberg
WND
5 cooperative sunkist.com
N/A
6 WND pmcglobalinc.com
WND
7 Burton S. Sperber valleycrest.com
WND
8 Herbert F. galpin.com
Boeckmann 11
100
9 Bernard Howroyd appleone.com
100
10 Gerry Schwartz teamservices.net
75
11 Ronald N. Tutor tutorsaliba.com
100
12 WND bernards.com
WND
13 John Aversano accoes.com
18
14 WND allenlund.com
WND
15 Windward Capital mobilestorage.com
Partners
72
16 WND fruitgrowers.com
WND
17 NA montrosetravel.com
66.6
18 WND N/A
WND
19 R. Hirsh and johnpaulrichard.com
J. Beltran
77.0
20 R. Levine/ unitedpacific
D. Wizelman mortgage.com
50/50
21 Michael 1. Keston larwincompany.com
100
Rank Top Local Executive
* name
* title
* phone
1 David Murdock
chairman, ceo
(818) 879-6600
2 Keith W. Colburn
chairman, ceo
(818) 991-9000
3 Howard Keyes
president
(818) 782-0122
4 D. Geffen/J. Katzenberg/S. Spielberg
principals
(818) 733-7000
5 Jeffrey D. Gargiulo
ceo, president
(818) 986-4800
6 Phillip E. Kamins
ceo, president
(818) 896-1101
7 Burton S. Sperber
founder, ceo
(818) 223-8500
8 Herbert F. Boeckmann II
president
(818) 787-3800
9 Michael A. Hoyal
ceo
(818) 240-8688
10 Gerry Schwartz
president/ceo
(818) 558-3261
11 Ronald N. Tutor
ceo, president
(818) 362-8391
12 Douglas D. Bernards
president
(818) 898-1521
13 John Aversano
ceo, president
(800) 998-2226
14 D. Allen Lund
ceo/president
(800) 790-8412
15 Douglas A. Waugaman
ceo, president
(818) 253-3291
16 James Mast
chairman
(818) 986-6480
17 Joe McClure
president
(800) 666-8767
18 Jeff Clark
president
(818) 365-9451
19 R. Hirsh/J. Beltran
co-ceos
(818) 871-1300
20 R. Levine/D. Wizelman
ceo/president
(818) 343-3599
21 Denis Cullumber
president
(818) 986-8890
NA: Not Available N/A: Not Applicable
WND: Would Not Disclose
(1) Information obtained from Thomas-Gale Financial
(2) Information obtained from Ward's Auto
Information was provided by representatives of the companies themselves
and from SFVBJ research, unless otherwise noted.
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, San Fernando Valley Business Journal, 21600
Oxnard SL, Suite 250, Woodland Hills 91367. [c] 2005 San Fernando
Valley 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 ext. 104 or e-mail
jmartin@wrightsreprints.com.
Researched by Vanessa Herman and
David Nusbaum, Los Angeles Business Journal
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