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No. 275 Gotham Dream Cars New York, NY

	Year	2008
	Industry	Retail
	Founded	2003
	Growth	986.2%
	2004 Revenue	$262,835
	2007 Revenue	$2.9 million
	Employees	14
	Website	www.gothamdreamcars.com/

What it does:
Rents out extremely high-end cars, such as Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Aston Martins for short-term and long-term leases (from one day to one month). It also runs driving experience events where participants can drive a "sampler menu" of exotic cars.

Why it's growing:
Gotham Dream Cars started with one Ferrari in a garage and the founders made all of the deliveries. They organically grew the company by re-investing profits--and today the fleet consists of 22 cars and is worth $4 million.

What's noteworthy:
The three founders of the company--Noah Lehmann-Haupt, Raefer Gabriel, and Rob Ferretti are all under 30 years of age.