Fortune Small Business

FSB 100 

America's fastest-growing small public companies

25 richest executives
1 Corbin J. Robertson, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
Natural Resource Partners 213.5 0 213.5
2 John Farahi
Co-Chairman & CEO
Monarch Casino & Resort 73.9 N.A. 73.9
3 Nicholas Csendes
President & CEO
Ansoft 49.9 11.6 61.5
4 Victor Insetta
President & CEO
American Technical Ceramics 58.1 0 58.1
5 Zoltan J. Cendes, Ph.D.
Chairman & CTO
Ansoft 41.7 11.6 53.2
6 Bob Farahi
Co-Chair, Secretary & President
Monarch Casino & Resort 52.1 N.A. 52.1
7 Thomas A.N. Miller
Executive Vice President & CFO
Ansoft 45.8 2.4 48.2
8 Walter G. Goodrich
Vice Chairman & CEO
Goodrich Petroleum 40.7 1.1 41.9
9 William S. McKiernan
Chairman & CEO
Cybersource 38.2 3.2 41.5
10 John Aglialoro
Chairman & CEO
Cybex International 36.5 0 36.5
11 Henry C. Pao, Ph.D.
President, CEO & CFO
Supertex 32.4 1.6 34.0
12 David L. Hatcher
Chairman & CEO
KMG Chemicals 33.0 0 33.0
13 Joseph P. Caruso
CEO, President & Director
Palomar Medical Technologies 6.6 14.5 21.1
14 S. Steven Singh
Chairman & CEO
Concur Technologies 14.2 5.4 19.6
15 R. Scott Turicchi
Co-President & CFO
j2 Global Communications 6.2 13.2 19.4
16 Louis P. Valente
Executive Chairman
Palomar Medical Technologies 11.9 6.9 18.7
17 Gary D. Owens
Chairman, CEO & President
OYO Geospace 12.0 5.9 18.0
18 Joseph H. Stegmayer
Chairman, CEO & President
Cavco Industries 5.4 11.8 17.2
19 Edward B. Cloues, II
Chairman & CEO
K-Tron International 14.5 2.6 17.0
20 Michael W. Hilton
CTO
Concur Technologies 10.5 5.8 16.3
21 Frank A. Buttacavoli
Executive Vice President, COO & CFO
Parlux Fragrances 2.4 10.8 13.3
22 Robert S. Thomas
CEO & Chairman
Charles & Colvard 11.4 1.2 12.6
23 Steven D. Fredrickson
Chairman, CEO & President
Portfolio Recovery Associates 10.5 1.3 11.8
24 Bruce J. Barrett
CEO & President
Somanetics 0.7 11.0 11.7
25 L. Decker Dawson
Chairman
Dawson Geophysical 11.6 0 11.6
Source: Equilar
From the July/August 2007 Issue of FSB magazine
Notes:
Data as of the companies' most recent fiscal year-ends. Includes shares held in trust for others. Options valued net of their strike price. Some columns don't add up because of rounding.
Top companies by revenue growth
Arena Resources 164.2%
Delta Petroleum 91.5%
Smith Micro Software 88.7%
FSB 100 by state
These states are headquarters for the highest number of America's fastest-growing small public companies
Texas 15
California 11
New York 10
How we pick the FSB 100
In our seventh annual list, we once again asked financial research firm Zacks to rank public companies with revenues of less than $200 million and a stock price of more than $1, based on their percentage growth in earnings, revenue, and stock performance over the past three years. (Banks, real estate firms and adult entertainment companies were excluded.) If you have further questions about the FSB 100, please e-mail lists@cnnmoney.com.
Lessons from the fastest
What does it take to catapult your company onto the FSB 100? Innovation and persistence, of course. But this year it also helped if you worked in industrial manufacturing. Although conventional wisdom holds that U.S. factories are trapped in a death spiral thanks to cheap overseas labor, a quarter of our fast-growth all-stars are finding creative ways to thrive in the bent-metal sector, up from 3 percent in 2003. Another 21 companies are building profitable niches in health care, selling everything from new drugs to remote patient monitors. Tech plays round out the top three categories, with 18 companies providing a smorgasbord of software and semiconductor products. (more)
How we pick the 25 richest executives
Equilar, an executive-compensation research firm in San Mateo, Calif., reviewed proxy statements for firms on the FSB 100 list. When the shares owned outright and vested options are factored in, these 25 executives have the most bling.

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