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Sammons Enterprises, Inc.
 PROFILE
Sammons Enterprises summons its revenues from several sources. The diversified holding company's interests include insurance (Midland National Life Insurance and North American Company for Life and Health Insurance), water bottling (Mountain Valley Spring), industrial equipment distribution (Briggs-Weaver), and industrial trucks (Briggs Equipment). Briggs-Weaver ranks among the leading industrial supply distributors in the US. Sammons Enterprises also owns The Grove Park Inn Resort in Asheville, North Carolina. The late Charles Sammons, an orphan who became a billionaire philanthropist, founded the company in 1962. His estate still owns the company, and his widow, Elaine Sammons, serves as chairman.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 2,000.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 27.4%
Employees: 2,300
Revenue per employee: $869,565.22

 KEY PEOPLE
• Robert W. Korba
    CEO
• Joseph A. Ethridge
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
5949 Sherry Ln., Ste. 1900
Dallas, TX 75225
US
Phone: 214-210-5000
Fax: 214-210-5099

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