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No. 153 5W Public Relations

New York, NY

Year	2007
Industry	Advertising & Marketing
Founded	2002
Growth	1,300.5%
2003 Revenue	$665,487
2006 Revenue	$9.3 million
Employees	70
Website	www.5wpr.com

Ranked No. 11 in the Top Companies in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
Ranked No. 17 in the Top Companies in Advertising & Marketing

What it does: Public relations, mostly for celebrities and apparel brands, but also for tech companies and the American Bible Society.

Why it's growing: Founder Ronn Torossian is a big self-promoter; his name has become a keyword on Gawker, the popular New York blog. Remember when Brad and Angelina had baby Shiloh and the first photos sold for millions? The T-shirt the baby wore was product placement, which Torossian managed to get onto the baby on behalf of one of his clients, Belly Maternity. He won't say how. "We take chances. We do things a lot of other companies wouldn't do," he says.

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