Type: Public
On the web: http://www.sealy.com
Employees: 4,270
Employee growth: (11.9%)

Sealy is a slumbering giant. It's the world's largest maker of bedding products and a leading US manufacturer, with about a 20% wholesale market share. Sealy makes mattresses and box springs under the Sealy, Bassett, and Stearns & Foster names and sells them through about 7,000 stores. Its customers include sleep shops, furniture and department stores, warehouse clubs, and mass merchandisers, as well as the hospitality industry. Sealy also licenses its name to makers of other bedding products and home furnishings. Sealy, formerly owned by Bain Capital, was bought by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) in 2004. KKR owns some 49% of Sealy, which filed an IPO in 2005 and began trading in March 2006.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending November, 2010:
Sales: $1,219.5M
One year growth: (5.5%)
Net income: ($13.7)M

Officers:
Chairman: Paul J. Norris
President, CEO, and Director: Lawrence J. (Larry) Rogers
EVP Operations, North America: G. Michael Hofmann

Competitors:
Serta
Simmons
Tempur-Pedic

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