Atlanta email marketing company MailChimp has been named the 2017 Company of the Year by Inc.
The business industry magazine credits the 17-year-old company for still being entirely owned by its co-founders and growing by more than $120 million every year. Its co-founder Ben Chestnut estimates that in 2017 it will post $525 million in revenue, according to Inc.'s article.
Inc. listed numerous reasons for choosing MailChimp, noting in part that the company has never taken a dollar from venture capitalists or other outside investors. The magazine was also impressed that the business has “made itself crucial to the ecosystem of new and emerging businesses.”
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Earlier this year, MailChimp also made the cut in the 10th edition of business media brand Fast Company's 2017 list of the world's 50 most innovative companies.
The company is a marketing automation platform that sends more than a billion emails a day. It is headquartered at Ponce City Market.