Universal Data

Top Executive: Jim Perrier, President

Location: New Orleans

Universal Data has come a long way since Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the Big Easy in 2005. Once just a $1.5 mil­lion company that was losing money, the solution provider has established thriving disaster-recovery and virtualization prac­tices over the past decade.

2017 SP 500 Rank: No. 427

2017 Fast Growth Rank: No. 4