Book excerpt: This guide presents hard-to-locate information about the top private companies in the US. This edition includes basic profiles of the largest 500 non-public enterprises in the US: in-depth profiles of 250 top private companies in the US; and indexes by location, industry and people, and products. Each of the basic profiles contains a brief overview of the company operations, lists of products, key competitors, the latest sales and employment figures, executives' names, headquarters addresses, and phone and fax numbers.