Fuentek Named One of the Top 50 Women-owned Businesses in North Carolina for 2005

In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural Internet site, recently named Fuentek, LLC as one of the top woman-owned businesses in NC. 

This is the 6th annual listing of the nation's and NC’s top woman-owned businesses.  The companies listed represent NC’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a woman-owned business is small or insignificant. Members are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with woman-owned companies.

The Impact of Woman-Owned Business

Major corporations wishing to increase market share realize it is no longer just “the right thing” to do business with diversity-owned companies.  Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, corporations throughout the country have recognized that buying products and services from diversity-owned companies positively impacts their business. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.

“Diversity businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com.  “It’s no longer only about the Fortune 1000. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities.  These are the new leaders in American business.” 

The Top Woman List

This is a classification that represents the top woman-owned businesses in NC, in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service, and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. This list is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s 6th Annual Multicultural Business Conference, taking place March 29 – March 31, 2006 at the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“The listed companies are the heroes of woman-owned business in America,” said Kenton Clarke. “While Fortune magazine lists the best companies for women and minorities to work for, we list the top woman-owned businesses. These are the people that have conquered the hurdles and made the sacrifices, building and strengthening their communities, providing jobs and helping to keep the fabric of the U.S. economy together.”

Fuentek is an 8(a)-certified business.

Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness.com with over 30,000 members is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness.com performs research on diversity businesses for such leading publications as Forbes, Fortune magazine, and numerous other media outlets.