CONTENTS
How the list comes together … 44
Index of the Top 100 private companies … 46
In Pictures … 48
The Interviews: Top CEOs share their challenges, innovations and big audacious goals …92
Productivity secrets of Top 100 executives … 97
Questions every CEO should ask to move their company forward … 104
Which Top 100 company are you? … 111
Did you know? Fun facts about the Top 100 …113
LISTS
Top 100 private companies … 55
A look back … 77
Breaking it down: Revenue by industry … 79
Breaking it down: Top three companies by industry … 81
Breaking it down: Ups and downs … 82
Meet the freshman five … 84
On the brink … 86
Top employers by parish … 88
Top nonprofits … 114
Top Lafayette area private companies … 116
Top Lake Charles area private companies … 119
Top New Orleans area private companies … 120
Louisiana’s top 20 public companies … 122
What Louisiana CEOs earn … 124
