Notable Executives Series

Crain's Notable Executives series features best in class executives across a range of industries in the Chicago-area. Click here to view our Notable calendar and nominate an influential executive. 

20 In Their 20s

Looking for the next big thing in Chicago business, tech and innovation? Follow these young change-makers to find clues. Among their ranks: social problem-solvers, emerging entrepreneurs and money masters. Some generate big revenues. Others challenge the status quo. Not one is older than 29. Nominations are now open (deadline: Feb. 3, 2020). The list will publish on May 11.

The Book (of leads and lists)

A one-stop download of Crain's exclusive lists and directories containing essential data and contacts for the companies. Also included is a "Contacts" file which contains more than 3,500 C-level, marketing, press and human resources contacts from all of the lists in a mail-merge ready format. The package is comprised of marquee lists as they ran in 2019.

Fast 50

In the race to rapidly increase revenues, these companies are outpacing the rest. Here's our list of the Chicago area's 50 fastest-growing businesses, starting with the top 10's insights into how they got there. Fast 50 finalists will be published in print on Sept. 7; the final list publishes Oct. 5. Submissions are closed.

Privately held companies

Crain's exclusive ranking of the largest privately held companies in the Chicago area, based on revenue. The Excel version contains extra companies, hundreds more contacts and business descriptions and percentage changes in revenue from prior year. The list also includes local and worldwide employee headcounts.

Small Business

In this annual feature, Crain's focuses on topics of interest to small businesses and profiles local firms, asking them to share their hard-won tips and lessons learned. The content is chosen by the editors. This year's small business section publishes May 4, 2020.