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Largest Public Companies
Data: Media General Financial Services
Note: All numbers are in millions for the trailing four quarters ending 9/02 or 10/02.
  Company
Revenue
Net
Income
Market Value
(as of Dec. 13, 2002)
1. Freddie Mac
McLean
(703) 903-2000
CEO: Leland C. Brendsel
$38,343
$5,648
$41,246
2. Circuit City Stores
Richmond
(804) 527-4000
CEO: W. Alan McCollough
13,642
236
1,717
3. General Dynamics
Falls Church
(703) 876-3000
CEO: Nicholas D. Chabraja
13,429
1,006
15,582
4. Dominion
Richmond
(804) 819-2000
CEO: Thos. E. Capps
10,018
907
16,593
5. AES Corp.
Arlington
(703) 522-1315
CEO: Paul T. Hanrahan
9,287
-344
1,767
6. Capital One Financial
Falls Church
(703) 205-1000
CEO: Richard D. Fairbank
9,113
838
6,700
7. Nextel Communications
Reston
(703) 433-4000
CEO: Timothy M. Donahue
8,662
-1,819
11,625
8. CSX Corp.
Richmond
(804) 782-1400
CEO: John W. Snow
8,101
395
5,929
9. Smithfield Foods
Smithfield
(757) 365-3000
CEO: Joseph W. Luter III
8,008
95
2,046
10. US Airways Group
Arlington
(703) 872-7000
CEO: David N. Siegel
6,929
-2,026
34
11. Gannett Co.
McLean
(703) 854-6000
CEO: Douglas H. McCorkindale
6,354
1,062
18,976
12. Norfolk Southern
Norfolk
(757) 629-2680
CEO: David R. Goode
6,219
446
7,551
13. Performance Food Group
Richmond
(804) 484-7700
CEO: C. Michael Gray
$4,155
$59
$1,563
14. Owens & Minor
Glen Allen
(804) 747-9794
CEO: G. Gilmer Minor III
3,907
44
539
15. The Pittston Co.
Richmond
(804) 289-9600
CEO: Michael T. Dan
3,719
44
1,048
16. Sallie Mae
Reston
(703) 810-3000
CEO: Albert L. Lord
3,700
752
15,572
17. Carmax
Glen Allen
(804) 747-0422
CEO: W. Austin Ligon
3,631
98
675
18. Lafarge North America
Herndon
(703) 480-3600
CEO: Philippe R. Rollier
3,249
279
2,177
19. Advance Auto Parts
Roanoke
(540) 362-4911
CEO: Lawrence P. Castellani
3,168
49
1,721
20. NVR Inc.
McLean
(703) 761-2000
CEO: Dwight C. Schar
3,065
320
2,345
21. Universal Corp.
Richmond
(804) 359-9311
CEO: Henry H. Harrell
2,541
107
947
22. BearingPoint
McLean
(703) 747-3000
CEO: Randolph C. Blazer
2,506
46
1,401
23. LandAmerica Financial
Richmond
(804) 267-8000
CEO: Charles H. Foster Jr.
2,447
89
672
24. Dollar Tree Stores
Chesapeake
(757) 321-5000
CEO: Macon F. Brock Jr.
2,217
144
3,003
25. Markel Corp.
Glen Allen
(804) 747-0136
CEO: Alan I. Kirshner
1,647
5
1,976
26. United Defense Industries
Arlington
(703) 312-6100
CEO: Thomas W. Rabaut
1,609
105
1,216
27. XO Communications
Reston
(703) 547-2000
CEO: Daniel F. Akerson
(resigned in December)
1,303
-2,132
23
28. Massey Energy
Richmond
(804) 788-1800
CEO: Don L. Blankenship
1,254
-1
802
29 .Dimon Inc.
Danville
(434) 792-7511
CEO: Brian J. Harker
1,242
29
276
30 Amerigroup Corp.
Virginia Beach
(757) 490-6900
CEO: Jeffrey L. McWaters
1,089
45
589
31 Primus Telecommunications Group
McLean
(703) 902-2800
CEO: K. Paul Singh
1,016
-623
99
32 American Management Systems
Fairfax
(703) 267-8000
CEO: Alfred T. Mockett
1,011
24
544
33 Albemarle Corp.
Richmond
(804) 788-6000
CEO: Floyd D. Gottwald Jr.
972
72
1,225
34 GTSI Corp.
Chantilly
(703) 502-2000
CEO: M. Dendy Young
935
10
111
35 Media General
Richmond
(804) 649-6000
CEO: J. Stewart Bryan III
817
40
1,344
36 Chesapeake Corp.
Richmond
(804) 697-1000
CEO: Thomas H. Johnson
783
20
268
37 First Virginia Banks
Falls Chuch
(703) 241-4000
CEO: Barry J. Fitzpatrick
775
176
2,644
38 Tredegar Corp.
Richmond
(804) 330-1000
CEO: Norman A. Scher
741
-9
536
39 CACI International
Arlington
(703) 841-7800
CEO: J.P. London
724
33
998
40 Anteon International
Fairfax
(703) 246-0200
CEO: Joseph M. Kampf
715
0
776
41 Atlantic Coast Air
Dulles
(703) 650-6000
CEO: Kerry B. Skeen
712
39
542
42 AMF Bowling Worldwide
Richmond
(804) 730-4000
CEO: George W. Vieth Jr.
695
217
188
43 Veridian Corp.
Arlington
(703) 575-3100
CEO: David H. Langstaff
690
-21
637
44 Ethyl Corp.
Richmond
(804) 788-5000
CEO: Thomas E. Gottwald
684
10
98
45 AvalonBay Communities
Alexandria
(703) 329-6300
CEO: Bryce Blair
666
169
2,661
46 Dan River
Danville
(434) 799-7000
CEO: Joseph L. Lanier Jr.
606
-7
56
47 Fairchild Corp.
Dulles
(703) 478-5800
CEO: Jeffrey J. Steiner
603
-14
126
48 American Woodmark
Winchester(540) 665-9100
CEO: James J. Gosa
530
35
428
49 Maximus Inc.
Reston
(703) 251-8500
CEO: David V. Mastran
519
40
598
50 Orbital Sciences
Dulles
(703) 406-5000
CEO: David W. Thompson
512
-22
204


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