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Largest Privately-Owned Companies
Based in Los Angeles
County
Ranked by Sales, 2007
|
Company |
Location |
Industry |
Sales
($Billion) |
Employees |
|
Capital Group of Companies |
Los
Angeles |
Asset Management |
11.25* |
9,000 |
|
Platinum Equity |
Beverly Hills |
Conglomerates |
8.00 |
45,000 |
| Murdock Holding
Company |
Los
Angeles |
Farm
Products |
7.28 |
77,833 |
|
Consolidated Electrical Distributors |
Westlake Village |
Electrical
Equipment Wholesaler |
3.28* |
5,200 |
|
JF Shea |
Walnut |
Residential Construction |
3.18 |
2,700 |
|
Parsons |
Pasadena |
Heavy Construction |
2.71 |
11,500 |
|
MGA Entertainment |
Van
Nuys |
Toys
& Games |
2.50* |
1,000 |
|
Smart & Final |
City
of Commerce |
Food
Wholesale |
2.10 |
5,910 |
|
Guitar Center |
Westlake Village |
Music & Video Stores |
2.03 |
9,540 |
|
Red Chamber Group |
Vernon |
Food
Wholesaler |
1.79 |
1,600 |
|
Latham & Watkins |
Los
Angeles |
Law
Firm |
1.62 |
4,500 |
|
ViewSonic |
Walnut |
Computer Peripherals |
1.59 |
749 |
|
Newegg.com |
City
of Industry |
Online Computer/Electronics Retailer |
1.50 |
1,500 |
|
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer |
Los
Angeles |
Entertainment |
1.46* |
400 |
|
Roll International |
Los
Angeles |
Conglomerates |
1.43* |
2,596 |
|
Topa Equities |
Los
Angeles |
Beverages - Wineries & Distillers |
1.21 |
2,295 |
|
Shapell Industries |
Beverly Hills |
Residential Construction |
1.07* |
856 |
|
Forever 21 |
Los
Angeles |
Clothing Retailer |
1.05 |
12,500 |
|
Utility Trailer Manufacturing |
City
of Industry |
Industrial Equipment & Components |
1.00* |
3,600 |
* Estimated by Forbes Magazine
Source: Forbes Magazine
Capital Group Companies is the 21st largest
privately-owned company in America.
Murdock Holding Company is the parent company of Dole
Foods.
Latham & Watkins,
founded in Los Angeles in 1937,
is the largest and highest-grossing law
firm on the West Coast. It
fields
1,000 lawyers in offices
in Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los
Angeles, Moscow, New Jersey, New York, Northern
Virginia, Orange
County (California), San Diego, San
Francisco, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.
In 1924, Metro
Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Productions formed a
partnership that launched Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
(MGM). In 2005,
an investor group including Sony Corporation of America and Comcast
Corporation acquired the company, ending
its period as one of Los
Angeles County's largest public stock corporations.
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