Corporate Office

Apria Healthcare Group Corporate Office

Apria Healthcare Group can trace its roots back to 1924 when they were called Abbey Medical.

Apria Healthcare Group is the United States’ leading home healthcare group. In the company’s last year as an independent company, 2007, it had a total revenue of $2.1 billion and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AHG.

In 2008 Apria was acquired by The Blackstone Group in a $1.7 billion deal.

Today Apria Healthcare provides oxygen, ventilators, nebulizers, sleep monitoring equipment and medication, and home medical equipment to patients with respiratory conditions such as sleep apnea, emphysema, and negative pressure wound therapy. The company is #848 in the Fortune 1000. Consumer Reports states that the demand for medical equipment rental and home health services will increase tremendously by 2024, and notes Apria is one of the largest suppliers of oxygen and other supplies in the US.

Headquarters for Apria remain in Lake Forest, California.

Apria Healthcare Group

Apria Healthcare Group can trace its roots back to 1924 when they were called Abbey Medical.

History

In 2008 Apria was acquired by The Blackstone Group in a $1.7 billion deal.

Headquarters for Apria remain in Lake Forest, California.

Universal Forest Products Corporate Office

Universal Forest Products was incorporated in 1955 as The Universal Products as a lumber distributor to the manufacturing housing market by William F. Grant. Grant was the sole owner/operator and salesman until 1962 when he hired Peter F. Secchia.

By 1971, the company had annual sales of more than $12 million.

In 1978 the company entered the treated lumber sector when it began producing pressure-treated wood at a plant in Florida. The following year, the company makes its first shipment of treated lumber to Home Depot.

In the 1980’s Universal Forest Products began to market to the DIY market. By 1983, the company is so large that it divides itself into five geographic divisions: Northeast, Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest.

In 2005, CEO Matt Missad is named to Fortune’s “Businessperson of the Year” list, an annual ranking of the top 50 corporate leaders in the world.

Today the company is a manufacturer of engineered wood and construction materials. Clients include do-it-yourself stores, industrial customers, and residential and mobile home builders. The company operates 80 facilities throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Universal Forest Products trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol UFPI, is a member of the S&P 600, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #847 in the Fortune 1000, has 6,000 employees, and had $3.24 billion in revenue in 2016.

Universal Forest Products

History

By 1971, the company had annual sales of more than $12 million.

In 2005, CEO Matt Missad is named to Fortune’s “Businessperson of the Year” list, an annual ranking of the top 50 corporate leaders in the world.

Tops Friendly Markets Corporate Office

Tops Friendly Markets was founded in 1958 by Armand Castellani, who had grown up in a family business running a neighborhood grocery store, and and Thomas Buscaglia, owner of a grocery store equipment company.

In 1960 the partners opened their first grocery store, a 25,000 square-foot store in Niagara Falls named Niagara Frontier Services (NFS).

The company grew quickly and by by 1990,now named Tops Friendly Markets, had 145 stores and 11,000 associates.

Today Tops Friendly Markets operates 160 company-owned and operates stores and five franchised stores in upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania. The company is owned by its management, including CEO Frank Curci.

Tops Friendly Markets is #203 in the list of Forbes Largest Private Companies, is #844 in the Fortune 1000, has 15,000 employees, and had $2.26 billion in revenue in 2014.

Tops Friendly Markets

In 1960 the partners opened their first grocery store, a 25,000 square-foot store in Niagara Falls named Niagara Frontier Services (NFS).

The company grew quickly and by by 1990,now named Tops Friendly Markets, had 145 stores and 11,000 associates.

History

Tops Friendly Markets is #203 in the list of Forbes Largest Private Companies, is #844 in the Fortune 1000, has 15,000 employees, and had $2.26 billion in revenue in 2014.

Vectren/CenterPoint Energy Corporate Office

Vectren Corporation was formed when Indiana Gas Company and Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company merged in 2000. That same year, the company acquired natural gas distributor Dayton Power and Light.

Today those companies continue as subsidiaries Vectren North, Vectren South, and VEDO.

Vectren Corporation distributes natural gas to more than 1 million commercial and individual customers across two states, distributes electricity to 142,900 customers, and has 1,300 MW of generating capacity in Indiana.

The company trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol VVC, is a member of the S&P 400, is #842 in the Fortune 1000, has 5,500 employees, and had $2.61 billion in revenue in 2014.

In 2018, CenterPoint Energy acquired Vectrin. The name Vectrin was retired in May 2021.

The corporate office for Centerpoint Energy is located in Houston, Texas.

Vectren Corporation Now CenterPoint Energy

Today those companies continue as subsidiaries Vectren North, Vectren South, and VEDO.

History

In 2018, CenterPoint Energy acquired Vectrin. The name Vectrin was retired in May 2021.

The corporate office for Centerpoint Energy is located in Houston, Texas.

Education Management Corporation Corporate Office

Education Management Corporation (EDMC) was founded in 1962 and acquired its first school in 1969 when it bought the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, which was 50 years old at the time.

The company opened several more Art Institutes and by 1998 had over 17,000 students at 15 Art Institutes and three additional schools.

EDMC expanded in the 2000’s with the purchase of Argosy University, South University, and American Education Centers (which later became Brown Mackie Colleges).

In 2006 the company was bought by Goldman Sachs, Providence Equity Partners, and Leeds Equity Partners and taken private. In the years following EDMC faced harsh criticism and scrutiny after a public outcry about the quality of education offered.

Today EDMC offers degree programs from associate to postgraduate through its subsidiary schools with 110 locations in 30 states and Canada. The company has 120,000 students and 23,000 faculty and staff.

Education Management Corporation trades publicly on the OTC exchange under the symbol EDMC, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #837 in the Fortune 1000, has 11,000 employees, and had $2.27 billion in revenue in 2014.

Inn November 2015, federal and state authorities announced a $95.5-million settlement resolving a whistleblower case in which former EDMC employees said the company was “illegally paying recruiters based on the number of students they enrolled.”

The company announced that they had sold all remaining institutes to The Dream Center in October 2017.

Education Management Corporation

Education Management Corporation (EDMC) was founded in 1962 and acquired its first school in 1969 when it bought the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, which was 50 years old at the time.

The company opened several more Art Institutes and by 1998 had over 17,000 students at 15 Art Institutes and three additional schools.

EDMC expanded in the 2000’s with the purchase of Argosy University, South University, and American Education Centers (which later became Brown Mackie Colleges).

History

The company announced that they had sold all remaining institutes to The Dream Center in October 2017.