TECH CENTRAL
CHICAGO’S POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY SCENE IS ATTRACTING RECORD-BREAKING INVESTMENT IN WORLD-CLASS COMPANIES.
CHICAGO’S BUSINESS SCENE HAS SOME DISTINCT HALLMARKS. IT’S A MAJOR world financial center, well-known for its centrally located transportation hub. Home to 29 companies on the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 list, the Windy City is also known for its business diversity—no industry employs more than 14 percent of the work force. Less known, however, is Chicago’s reputation as a quiet and growing force in the technology sector and its innovation-focused infrastructure for start-ups and growing companies.
The country’s third largest city has long been the home base to an enviable list of technology companies, including Groupon, Orbitz, Morningstar, GrubHub, and CareerBuilder. In 2012,
