Diversified Companies Selected to Gator100

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 21, 2019 (Newswire.com) - Diversified Companies was named to the University of Florida’s 2019 Gator100 during a ceremony on Feb. 22 at UF’s J. Wayne Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.

Sponsored by the UF Alumni Association, in partnership with the UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center, the Gator100 recognizes the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or led by UF alumni. Ernst & Young calculated each company’s compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the past three years to generate the ranking.

Diversified Companies was ranked 79th with a CAGR of 31.31 percent.

Diversified Companies is a Full-Service Real Estate Company located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with over 40 years of experience and 4 million square feet under Development. The Company is experienced in all facets of the Real Estate Industry including Development, Asset Management, Leasing, Brokerage, and Property Management. The focus has been on the development of Retail, Medical, Aviation Hangar Space, Office, Self-Storage, and Industrial projects. Additionally, Diversified offers consulting services to assist Owners with: Programming, Financing, Development, Leasing, Property Management, and Dispositions.

Cary Goldberg, the President of Diversified Companies, stated, “To be part of such a great group of successful UF entrepreneurs is a tremendous honor for myself and the Company. I met my wife while in college there and now serve on the MSRE Advisory Board. We are looking forward to next year and moving up the list.”

“The Gator100 honors UF alumni from across the university who are founding and growing amazing companies around the country,” said Kent Fuchs, president of the University of Florida. “It’s an incredible affirmation of the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of the Gator Nation.”

To qualify for the Gator100, companies must have been in business for five years or more as of Sept. 28, 2018, and have had verifiable annual revenues of $250,000 or more every year since 2015. Additionally, a UF alumnus or alumni must have met one of the following three leadership criteria:

 1. Owned 50 percent or more of the company from Jan. 1, 2015, through Sept. 28, 2018; or

2. Served as company’s chief executive from Jan. 1, 2015, through Sept. 28, 2018; or

3. Founded the company and been active as a member of the most senior management team from Jan. 1, 2015, through Sept. 28, 2018.

View the full list of Gator100 honorees at gator100.ufl.edu.

Source: Diversified Companies