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Growing from last years three, this year four Lubavitch owned companies were ranked in the top 1000 of Inc. Magazines fastest growing private companies of 2011, one of the companies making in to the top 50!

4 Lubavitch Owned Companies Ranked in Inc. 5000

Growing from last years three, this year four Lubavitch owned companies were ranked in the top 1000 of Inc. Magazines fastest growing private companies of 2011, one of the companies making in to the top 50!

Inc. 5000 compiles a list of all fastest growing American companies of the year, and this year featured four companies, all owned by Lubavitcher businessmen, who took top spots in the food, travel, rewards and clothing categories.

Prodege, based out of Torrance, CA, and ranked #43. Prodege offers “virtual currency” to its users, in exchange for their registration, every time they search, purchase, play games, and share opinions online.

The Fresh Diet, based out of Surfside, FL, is owned by Zalmi Duchman and ranked #281. The Fresh Diet delivers healthy prepared food–three gourmet meals and two snacks daily–to clients in many U.S. metropolitan markets.

ElJet Aviation Services, based out of Pasadena, CA, is ranked #420. ElJet Aviation Services provides charter flight services for individuals and corporations.

Astor & Black Custom Clothiers, based out of Columbus, OH, is owned by David Schottenstein and ranked #1212. Astor & Black Custom Clothiers custom sews men’s suits, jackets, pants, and shirts. Customers across the U.S. and Canada can schedule appointments at their homes or offices.

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26 Comments

  • Yirmi

    Good work! The owner of B&H hires Frum yidden over college grad types and while occasionally there are problems in lack of education, overall te company excels. Proof you don’t need college.

  • the q who is making the most profit

    A&B def is the one of the top in profit in the country

  • Confused where were headed as a communit

    First of all, its nice to see our fellow yungerleit doing ok for themselves
    Question is why do you report this story; is this a pointer for who mishulachim should visit?, I don’t see the point of the tagging this article, has lubavitch reached the level, where we just report how much money people are making.
    Don’t get me wrong its not a jealousy issue, all the power to them and I wish for them to grow exponentially, and employ frum yidden from our community, but why do you have to report this to the masses, I don’t see it helping them in their parnasah that people in crown heights know how fast their growing, its just feeding the gossip that already happens in our community, I know its already public and on the internet, but so are other stories and you didn’t select those.

    I don’t know, just thinking out loud.

  • Tzedakah

    Some people give tzedakah without having their name plastered all over the place

  • this side of reality

    dunno about them, but I do know a lot of Lubavitchers who could barely make the rent

    not judgin, just sayin

  • Sammy

    Just wondering why ElJet Aviation Services,doesn’t have the name of the owner? I noticed that last year as well

  • To Confused #5

    Hey buddy,
    here’s a little tidbit of information you may not know….there are no more Shlichus spots! You can work for another shliach or even better you may have an uncle who is hoarding spots for his family meanwhile depriving those places from having a shliach until they get married (they may be 3 years old now). But we better start making money to support ourselves. Thats the point of this story.

  • Greatest tzedaka

    The greatest tzedaka is to give people JOBS. There is nothing shameful in that, nothing to hide. May they all have hatzlacha.

  • tzedoko

    to # 3 – boruch hashem they do give alot of tzedoko!
    and now i remember why i usually avoid this site!

  • Look for the positive

    @ Confused: Hopefully this will inspire others to put forth their best effort and not blame the Yeshiva system for their own failures. If others from our community can succeed (be it in business or otherwise) then they can too.

  • brother from the hood

    to number 5 . cant u read ? its in inc magazine ,, oh u never heard of it ,,they sell it in post mark …dahh

  • Chaim

    To # 1.
    yes, Proof that you don’t NEED college,however no proof that College wont help you, Help most.

  • Anon

    Ben Schusterman
    President at ElJet Aviation Services
    Greater Los Angeles Area Airlines/Aviation

  • parnassah

    very important, to CHABAD and the young generation, you can be religious and still have a great business.

  • I. P. Daly

    What about 1st Merchant Funding and 1 sale a day??

    we got a lot more then 4!!

  • to #5

    they give alot of tzedakah, but dont feel a need to have their name all over everything they contribute to

  • To #21

    These are companies that are growing. The ones you mentioned are already huge.

  • go Swagbucks

    its good to show the new generation that if you get stuck in colel waiting for shlichus that’s never coming and your having sholom bayis problems due to the fact that you can’t make rent that there are other options and not everyone has to be usher the chabad community being stretched out all over the world could really use as many zevulans as we could get.