CHICAGO - August 25, 2011 - Chicago-based Rightpoint, a new breed digital consulting firm, has been ranked the #13 Fastest Growing Company in Chicago and the #339 overall in the 30th annual Inc. 500, an exclusive list of the nation's fastest growing private companies. Rightpoint was also ranked the #28 fastest growing IT services company in the U.S and #3 in Chicago.

"Now, more than ever, we depend on Inc. 500/5000 companies to spur innovation, provide jobs, and drive the economy forward.  Growth companies, not large corporations, are where the action is," says Inc. magazine Editor Jane Berentson.

"This ranking is a great achievement for Rightpoint and holds even greater significance given Chicago's highly competitive strategic and IT consulting space," said Ross Freedman, co-founder of Rightpoint.  "At a time when the economy is still struggling, Rightpoint is turning the traditional consulting model on its ear and helping organizations to transform their businesses." 

Rightpoint provides business and technology solutions for global corporations, government agencies and nonprofit organizations.  Rightpoint develops new ways to apply mainstream social media to the business environment using SharePoint.  The firm also works with clients to develop rich business intelligence dashboards, re-engineer and automate core business processes, build custom applications and capitalize on the movement toward cloud-based services and solutions. Rightpoint's technology solutions focus on usability and world class visual design. 

The 2011 Inc. 500, as revealed in the September issue of Inc. magazine, reported aggregate revenue of $13.7 billion and median three-year growth of 1,046.  Complete information on this year's Inc. 500, including company profiles and a list of the fastest-growing companies that can be sorted by industry and region can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000/welcome.

About 2011 Inc. 500
The Inc. 500 list is produced by Inc. magazine and features the 500 fastest growing businesses in America. In order to qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by the first week of 2007, and therefore able to show four full calendar years of sales. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately-held, for profit, and independent - not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies - as of December 31, 2010.The minimum revenue required for 2007 is $100,000; the minimum for 2010 is $2 million. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.'s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at Inc. 500.

For more information, please contact Rightpoint at (312) 920-8383 / media@rightpoint.com.

About Rightpoint

Rightpoint creates world class digital solutions that drive profitable growth and sustainable competitive advantage. Driven by the firm’s passion for pragmatic thinking, Rightpoint’s business philosophy is to rethink the "typical" consulting model, combining attributes of management consulting, IT consulting, and creative agency services to help clients drive business results by solving strategic problems. Rightpoint’s pervasive “intrapreneurial” spirit, which ensures that clients "get it right" the first time, is the foundation by which Rightpoint has built a strong, national reputation for excellence.

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