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The Inner City 100 Almanac
Fast facts about the inner-city 100 CEOs and their businesses.
The Inner City 100
The CEO's
| Average age today | 46 |
| Median salary | $130,000 |
| Average age at time of company's founding |
34 |
| Average salary | $206,610 |
| Median noncash compensation | $12,000 |
| Average noncash compensation | $81,159 |
| Median percentage of company owned by CEO |
60% |
| Average percentage of company owned by CEO |
69% |
| High school | 19% |
| Two-year college | 4% |
| Four-year college | 39% |
| M.B.A. | 19% |
| Other master's degree | 8% |
| Doctorate | 6% |
| No response | 5% |
| Affluent | 8% |
| Middle class | 50% |
| Working class | 28% |
| Poor | 10% |
| No response | 4% |
| Caucasian | 60% |
| Hispanic | 15% |
| Black | 13% |
| Asian | 4% |
| Other | 5% |
| No response | 3% |
| Male | 79% |
| Female | 21% |
Entrepreneurial Evolution
Percentage of CEOs who first considered
becoming an entrepreneur at age
| 5 to 14 | 13% |
| 15 to 22 | 37% |
| 23 to 29 | 22% |
| 30 to 39 | 14% |
| 40 to 49 | 9% |
| Over 50 | 0% |
| No response | 5% |
The Companies
| Average age of company | 15 |
| Average number of full-time employees | 87 |
| Median number of full-time employees | 40 |
| Average five-year growth rate | 687% |
| Median five-year growth rate | 323% |
| Average 1999 sales | $16.6 million |
| Median 1999 sales | $5.8 million |
| Service | 49% |
| Manufacturing | 41% |
| Distribution | 6% |
| Retail | 4% |
| Business products and services | 24% |
| High tech | 18% |
| Consumer goods | 16% |
| Construction | 15% |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services |
8% |
| Health care and social assistance | 3% |
| Real estate | 3% |
| Transportation | 3% |
| Other | 10% |
Start-up Capital
Percentage of companies that
were launched with
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