2009 Revenues: $6.2 million
5-year Annual Growth Rate: 55%
CEO: Dave Melton
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Year Founded: 2001
About the business:
CEO David Melton had worked in the photo-voltaic energy industry (think solar panels) before he and a partner began to look for a business that was tailored to the Native American community in and around Albuquerque, N.M. As a Native American himself, Melton was concerned about how many native people lacked electricity, especially on Indian Reservations. After discovering that no such business existed, he was asked by his employer to serve as a program manager for this project. Melton approached his employer as an independent sub-contractor instead. Sacred Power was born.
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