
Connecticut company ranks #1 in its category
NORWALK, CT (August 30, 2007) -- Red 7 Media, a business publishing company based here, has been named by Inc. Magazine as the fastest growing privately-held publishing company in the United States.
Red 7 Media’s 544% growth rate between 2003 and 2006 placed the company at #585 out of the 5,000 companies that made it onto Inc.’s annual list of fast-growth companies. Among publishing companies, Red 7 came in at Number One, making it the fastest-growing publishing organization in the country on the Inc. ranking.
Among Connecticut companies, Red 7 ranked as the eighth fastest-growing in the state.
“This is a great achievement for our team,” commented Red 7 Media President & CEO Kerry Smith. “This kind of growth can only be achieved through the hard work and dedication of a passionate team of professionals who are driven to create the best products to serve our customers.”
About Red 7 Media
Red 7 Media publishes business magazines and produces executive conferences and trade shows in the marketing and media industries. The privately-held company, founded in
2002, is headquartered in Norwalk, CT, with offices in New York City and College Park, MD. The company’s primary publications include Event Marketer, Event Design, and Agenda in the marketing field; and FOLIO: and Circulation Management in the media sector. In addition, the company produces high-level executive conferences, including the Experiential Marketing Summit, The FOLIO: Show, Agenda Xpo, the Circulation Management Expo, among others.
About the Inc. 5000
The Inc. 5,000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by the first week of 2003, and therefore able to show four full calendar years of sales. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, and independent--not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies--as of December 31, 2006. Revenue in 2003 must have been at least $200,000, and revenue in 2006 must have been at least $2 million.












