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18 ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL www.ocbj.com NOVEMBER 18, 2019
Security First Santa Ana-based Allied Universal ranked
No. 23, with a 35.2% surge in security-relatedhiring that brought its local employee countto 3,650. The company—the largest private security
company in the country—now employs215,000 workers in North America and hasrevenues north of $7 billion. The security firm acquired a series of
smaller businesses this year, including Ad-vent Systems Inc., Shelter Security Serv-ices and Cypress Private Security LP. Last year, Chief Executive Steve Jones told
the Business Journal to expect an IPO in thecoming years; a Business Journal estimateplaces the company’s public value around $7billion.
Highs & Lows n Orange County’s biggest publicly
traded company, Edwards LifesciencesCorp. (NYSE: EW), added approximately350 employees and climbed 7.4%. Thatplaces the company at nearly 5,000 employ-ees, with major growth coming from itsclinical affairs division, according to com-pany officials.
n OC’s top hospitals reported significantgrowth. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presby-terian climbed 6.6% to 6,500 workers andCHOC Children’s grew to 3,938 employ-ees, increasing employment by 10%.
n Fellow grocers Albertsons Cos. andRalphs and Food 4 Less, both divisions ofKroger Co., decreased workers to 7,535 and3,462, respectively. n
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REBECCA CAMPBELLPresident, Disneyland Resort
The Walt Disney Co.
HOWARD GILLMANChancellor
University of California-Irvine
KIMBERLY C. CRIPECEO and President
CHOC Children’s (Children’s Hospital of Orange County)
SAID HILALCEO
Applied Medical Resources Corp.
FRAMROZE ‘FRAM’ VIRJEEPresident
California State University-Fullerton
JULIE MURPHYExecutive VP, People
Walmart Inc.
By JESSIE YOUNT
Employment Surges 3% Among Top Employers
Orange County’s biggest companies remainon a recruiting push. Employment surged 3% to 203,536 work-
ers this year, among the 29 companies withmore than 3,000 local workers in this week’sBusiness Journal list of largest employers.Two companies on the list achieved double-
digit growth: Santa Ana-based Allied Univer-sal and CHOC Children’s in Orange. Costa Mesa-based Automobile Club of
Southern California trailed closely behindwith an 8.6% increase.It employs about 3,800people in OC.The Business Journal
findings indicate thatlarge companies aregrowing faster than theregion’s contingent ofsmall and midsizedcompanies; employ-
ment has grown 1.3% countywide since lastyear, according to the Employment Develop-ment Department, with jobs in professionaland business services leading the way. Twelve firms on the list reported growth,
while three reported declines. Two companiesheld steady, while the remainder are BusinessJournal estimates based on city records andother employment data.The list includes two universities, two
theme park operators, and eight healthcare
providers. A dozen of the employers on thelist are based in OC.
Attractions Abound Orange County’s largest employer contin-
ues to expand. Disneyland once again topped the list, re-
porting a 6.7% increase in its workforce to32,000 employees. The Anaheim-based company created
6,700 temporary construction jobs and 1,600new operation jobs dedicated to its new StarWars: Galaxy’s Edge area, according to
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) data. A recent study placed the powerhouse’s
economic impact at $5.8 billion last year, a50% increase since 2013. The study was con-ducted by the Woods Center for EconomicAnalysis and Forecastingwithin CaliforniaState University-Fullerton’sMihaylo Col-lege of Business and Economics.Growth is likely to continue next year, as
Disney unveils its Rise of the Resistance at-traction at Star Wars land and the AvengersCampus at Disney California AdventurePark.
Heart valve work at No. 13 Edwards Lifesciences this monthp 19Employers
ECONOMY: Disney, UCI,healthcare lead the pack
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The Business Journal’s 10th annual General Coun-sel Awards celebrated the work and success of OrangeCounty’s business in-house counsels at Hotel Irvinelast Wednesday night. Matt Parlow, dean of Chapman University’s Dale
E. Fowler School of Law, spoke in his keynote of thehonor and importance of the in-house counsel commu-nity. The awards in five categories went to: n Kendra Miller of Huntington Beach-based BJ’s
Restaurants Inc., GC of a public company.n Burton Hong of Brea-based Coolsys Inc., for pri-
vate companies.n Tracy Porter, senior vice president and transac-
tions counsel of Irvine-based Healthpeak PropertiesInc., formerly HCP Inc., for specialty company.
n Louis “Dutch” Schotemeyer, vice president andassociate general counsel of William Lyon Homes inNewport Beach, as a GC “Rising Star.”
n Taco Bell Corp. in Irvine, for in-house legal team.The Business Journal will feature the award winners
in its Nov. 25 print edition. n
5 Honorees for General Counsel of Year
2019 GC of the Year honorees
AWARDS: 10th editionof Business Journal event
By EMILY SANTIAGO-MOLINA
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