SNL Financial Makes 2008 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies

With 2007 revenues of more than $66 million, SNL is the largest Charlottesville-based company on the list.

Charlottesville, VA (PRWEB) August 20, 2008 -– Inc. Magazine today released its list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the United States, and SNL Financial (http://www.snl.com/) was one of four Charlottesville-based companies to make the list, and the largest, with 2007 revenues of $66.6 million, an increase of 106 percent over three years.

SNL ranked number 3,213 on the list, which is based upon the 3-year revenue growth rate through 2007. Within the state of Virginia, there were 27 privately-held, high-growth companies on the list with revenues of $50 million or more, and SNL ranked 17th in this group.

Mike Chinn, SNL’s president, commented that “making the Inc. list is simply acknowledgement of SNL’s continued growth and success as a high-tech information company. Our key ingredient is our people – a professional workforce of 1,000 employees based in 9 cities across the world. Charlottesville, where 400 of us work and live, is a great place to be headquartered – vibrant, progressive and business-friendly”.

For more information on the Inc. 5000, go to http://www.inc.com/inc5000/.

About SNL Financial

SNL collects, standardizes and disseminates all relevant corporate, financial, market, and M&A data — plus news and analysis — for the Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Real Estate, Energy and Media & Communications industries. For more information, visit www.SNL.com.

SNL Contact

Monica Jenkins

Marketing Manager

Tel. 434.951.6951

mjenkins@snl.com

SNL Financial

One SNL Plaza

Charlottesville, VA 22902

434.977.1600

Other office locations:

Ahmedabad, India; Arlington, Va.; Boston, Mass.; Islamabad, Pakistan; Jersey City, N.J.; London; Monterey, Calif.; New York.

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