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Equilar Honored as a Silicon Valley Fast Private Company
REDWOOD CITY, CA (October 24, 2013) – Equilar, the leader in executive data, today announced it has been named one of Silicon Valley's
fastest-growing privately held companies of 2013 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Based on the company's revenue from fiscal 2010
to 2012, Equilar earned a spot in the Fast Private list by growing nearly 50% over the past three years, marking the company's sixth
consecutive appearance on the list.
Equilar's organic financial growth is driven by its loyal client base, which now includes more than two-thirds of the S&P 500. For more
than a decade, Equilar’s extensive dataset of executive and company profiles has served the compensation benchmarking and governance needs
of corporations, advisors, and investors. In recent years, Equilar has continued to innovate and build new tools allowing the company to
expand its business to serve new domestic and international markets.
“Receiving this honor is a testament to the value and quality of the products we deliver to our clients every day,” said David Chun, CEO
and founder of Equilar. “Our highly committed team is dedicated to ensuring that our clients have the best products and user experience,
which keeps them coming back to Equilar to fulfill more of their executive data needs.”
Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., Equilar is the leading provider of executive compensation data and governance tools for
corporations, nonprofits, consulting firms, institutional investors, and the media. As the trusted data and executive solutions
provider to 70% of the Fortune 500, Equilar helps companies accurately benchmark and track executive and board compensation, pay
for performance results, and compensation practices. In addition, Equilar offers a leading business and event networking solution
focused on serving executives and board members. Equilar’s research is cited regularly by Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Wall
Street Journal, and other leading media outlets.