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SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc.
SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc. (SEI) is an aerospace engineering company based in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States that specializes in the design, assessment, hardware prototyping and flight demonstration of advanced space concepts for both government and commercial customers. History SEI was founded in 2000 by Dr. John R. Olds, then a tenured professor in the school of aerospace engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA., The firm was previously known as SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. and officially changed its name in 2011. Dr. Olds stepped down as CEO of SEI in August 2022; Dr. John Bradford assumed the role, while Dr. Olds remained as chair of the board of directors. In 2011, SEI was named the 39th fastest-growing engineering firm in the United States according to the 2011 ''Inc. (magazine), Inc.'' 500/5000 list. SpaceWorks received the 2015 Georgia Small Business of the Year Award from the Georgia Chapter of the National Defense I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |