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41
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Security Benefit
Gross Revenue: 2003: $2,968,556,636 2000:
$1,457,200,425
Growth: 103.716% Full-time
employees: 550
Security Benefit has been a provider of innovative retirement and investment
solutions through independent planners for more than 100 years. The
company specializes in the education, government and healthcare markets
and is headquartered in sunny Topeka, Kansas.
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1st Year
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42
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Short Circuit Electronics
Gross Revenue: 2003: $3,324,000 2000:$1,644,000
Growth: 102.190% Full-time
employees: 18
Led by CEO Dan Israel, Short Circuit Electronics specializes in servicing
and distributing video surveillance equipment, which they have supplemented
by identifying and developing complimentary services to their niche
market. The company is based in Lee's Summit.
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4th Year
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43
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Union Securities, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2003: $500,000,000 2000: $250,000,000
Growth: 100% Full-time
employees: 525
CEO Jerry Green is the long-time leader at Union Securities, a holding
company whose primary interests include three local radio stations,
all under the Union Broadcasting, Inc. label. The company is also responsible
for various Budget Rent-A-Car locations, as well as Greenleigh Farm,
Inc.
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2nd Year
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44
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Vista Productions, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2003: $7,658,210 2000: $3,880,647
Growth: 97.344% Full-time
employees: 26
Vista Productions, Inc. is headquartered in Harrisonville and specializes
in meeting and event planning, management, production and staging. Headed
by CEO William Warnock, the company attributes its growth to expanded
and deepened capabilities.
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5th Year
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45
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Phoenix Scientific, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2002: $140,431,552 1999: $71,197,675
Growth: 97.242% Full-time
employees: 317
Based in St. Joseph, Phoenix Scientific, Inc. has continued to manufacture
veterinary pharma- ceutical products for 14 years. In just the last
few years, it has witnessed exceptional growth due to obtaining FDA
approvals to manufacture and sell a number of generic pharmaceutical
products.
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1st Year
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46
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Murray Company
Gross Revenue: 2003: $39,900,000 2000: $20,375,000
Growth: 95.828% Full-time
employees: 49
Founded in 1959, Murray Company is headquartered in Overland Park and
specializes in providing integrated design and construction services.
CEO Philip Schultze attributes the company's success to an increase
in referrals from existing clients.
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2nd Year
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47
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Redemption Plus
Gross Revenue: 2002: $3,229,875 1999: $1,662,289
Growth: 94.303% Full-time
employees: 17
Ron Hill, president, has helped Redemption Plus to continued success
in providing a redemption and incentive mix of toys and party items
for family entertainment centers, education learning centers and fund
raising programs. The company is based in Lenexa.
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1st Year
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48
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Great Plains Energy
Gross Revenue: 2003: $2,149,000,000 2000:
$1,115,868,000
Growth: 92.586% Full-time
employees: 3,046
Based in Kansas City, Great Plains Energy is a power company buoyed
by its relationships with Kansas City Power & Light, Pittsburgh-based
Strategic Energy and Houston-based KLT Gas. New CEO Michael Chesser
looks to continue the success established by former CEO Bernie Beaudoin.
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3rd Year
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49
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Keltech, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2003: $1,231,543 2000: $648,506
Growth: 89.905% Full-time
employees: 10
Keltech, Inc. is a North Kansas City company that specializes in commercial
printing. Coming off a banner year that saw new markets emerge, CEO
Sean O'Donnell attributes the company's growth to modernization of equipment.
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1st Year
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50
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Treat America Food Services, Inc.
Gross Revenue: 2003: $18,736,996 2000: $10,093,578
Growth: 85.633% Full-time
employees: 272
Spurred onward by the acquisition of Myron Green Corporation in June
2001, Overland Park-based Treat America Food Services provides cafeteria
and catering services for medium to large client companies in the Kansas
City-area and throughout the region. The company is lead by CEO John
Mitchell.
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2nd Year
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