Atlanta-based Peachtree Tents & Events LLC has been named the fastest growing company owned or led by an LSU alumni. However, the rest of the top eight firms on the list are all based in Baton Rouge.
LSU unveiled its annual LSU 100 rankings at an awards ceremony on Friday evening at L’Auberge Casino. Hosted by the LSU Executive Education, LSU 100 is a competitive program that recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest growing alumni-owned or -led businesses in the world, determined by compound annual growth over a three-year period.
Following Peachtree on the list are the following Baton Rouge-based companies: Oasis Spaces, Emergent Method, Franklin Associates, Rampart Resources Inc., Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar, Legacy Title and Anytime Flooring.
Since the inaugural LSU 100 rankings were released in 2011, five companies—Global Data Vault, Horizon Wealth Management, Lipsey’s, SGS Petroleum Service Corporation, and USA Technologies Inc.—have made the list all eight years.
Peachtree Tents & Events is a full service event rental company. CEO Joe Freedman is a graduate of LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business.
Also at Friday’s ceremony, the LSU 100 Summit Award was given to the honoree company that generated the highest revenue amount for the award period. The 2018 recipient is Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers. Co-CEO Brad Sanders is an architecture graduate from LSU’s College of Art & Design.
