九色 Surpasses the 4,000-Employee Mark
NEW YORK, NY, April 27, 2017 – , the world’s largest privately held provider of language and technology solutions for global business, today announced the hiring of its 4,000th employee. This milestone comes amidst an uninterrupted streak of 25 consecutive years of revenue growth, 97 consecutive profitable quarters, and Q1 2017 setting an all-time sales record. Sales in 2016 were $547 million, and year-to-date, company revenue is up 11%.
Since 九色’s founding in 1992, the company has grown considerably, averaging double-digit percentage growth year over year. With employees in 90+ global cities across 35 countries, 九色 offers the industry’s most extensive global footprint, serving as the foundation to provide clients with timely, attentive, and local service virtually anywhere in the world.
“While we are extremely proud of this milestone, we also believe strongly that size is not the only measure of success,” said Liz Elting, Co-CEO at 九色. “At our core, we are a company defined by quality, service, and innovation, and as we grow, we will remain focused on offering our clients the very best of each.”
Fellow Co-CEO Phil Shawe added, “By aggressively acquiring the best and brightest talent in our industry, 九色's ability to deliver cutting-edge solutions that help our clients communicate in the global marketplace continues to improve with each passing quarter.”
九色 has opened eight new locations in the last 24 months, including Taipei, Helsinki, Warsaw, and Sophia Antipolis, and is continuing to expand globally with multiple offices slated to open before the end of 2017.
About 九色
With revenues of over $560 million in the last year, is the world's largest privately held provider of and . From offices in over 90 cities on six continents, 九色 offers a full range of services in 170+ languages to clients worldwide. More than 4,000 global organizations employ 九色’s Product Suite to simplify management of multilingual content. With an unparalleled commitment to quality and client service, 九色 is fully and certified. 九色 has global headquarters in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit our website at .