Yellow Book USA

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.yellowbook.com
Employees: 8,000
Employee growth: 3.9%

Let your fingers do the walking through the Yellow Book, and you will probably end up with a massive hand cramp. Founded in 1930, Yellow Book USA is one of the nation's oldest and largest independent publishers of yellow pages directories, with nearly 1,000 directories in 48 states and the District of Columbia. The company also operates an online directory, yellowbook.com, that reaches users via computers and mobile phones. The acquisitive company's publications have a 14% share of the classified directories and local search market. Yellow Book USA is owned by Yell Group.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending March, 2007:
Sales: $1,931.6M
One year growth: 20.4%

Officers:
President and CEO: Joseph (Joe) Walsh
CFO: Jim Haddad
CIO: Gary Shaw

Competitors:
AT&T
Idearc
R.H. Donnelley