Type: Public
On the web: http://www.xerox.com
Employees: 136,500
Employee growth: 154.7%

You won't find many companies listed in the dictionary as a verb. Xerox, best known for its color and black-and-white copiers, also provides printers, scanners, multifunction devices, and a panoply of services. The company sells document management software and copier supplies and offers consulting and document management outsourcing services. Clients come from the financial services, graphic arts, health care, and government sectors, among others. Customers have included Aspen Marketing Services, Fiat Group, and Ingersoll-Rand. The company's subsidiaries include Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), Global Imaging Systems, and the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). The US provides nearly two-thirds of sales.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $21,633.0M
One year growth: 42.5%
Net income: $606.0M
Income growth: 24.9%

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Ursula M. Burns
EVP and CFO: Luca Maestri
Corporate VP and CIO: Carol J. Zierhoffer

Competitors:
Canon
Hewlett-Packard
Ricoh Company

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