Big clients honored in a big way
(Pictured above, left to right: Trudi Allcott, Director, Investor & Media Relations, Owens & Minor; Ed Lacy, President, Big; Craig Smith, President & CEO, Owens & Minor; and Tim Reid, Vice President, Investor Relations, Dollar Tree.)
Last evening was an occasion in which all of us here at Big felt a great sense of pride. The second annual Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Richmond Chapter growth awards banquet was held at The Jefferson Hotel, and two of the three finalists for the Outstanding Growth Company Award were long-standing Big clients—Owens & Minor and Dollar Tree.
Owens & Minor, a medical and surgical supplies distributor, has been a Big client for almost 25 years. A Fortune 500 company, Owens & Minor was picked as the overall winner last night. The company’s revenue has grown at a compounded annual rate of 12 percent during the past five years. Its 2009 revenue exceeded $8 billlion.
We began our relationship with Dollar Tree Stores in 1999. With over 3,800 store locations in 48 contiguous states supported by a nationwide logistics network and over 50,000 employees, Dollar Tree was the top performing company in the entire Fortune 500 in terms of Total Return to Shareholders in 2008.
The growth awards banquet was attended by over 200 area business leaders. Robert C. Sledd, Senior Economic Advisor to Bob McDonnell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, was the keynote speaker. The ACG Richmond Chapter is a premier professional organization focused on corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions, and its Growth Awards program is designed to acknowledge exceptional growth companies within the Chapter’s region.
We are extremely proud and honored by the accomplishments of Owens & Minor and Dollar Tree. One of our guiding principles, throughout our 45 years in business, has been to focus on helping our clients succeed and reach their goals. It’s truly all about them, not us.