DARIN ANDERSON
CHAIRMAN/CEO
SALAS O’BRIEN
WHY: Leads Irvine-based engineering firm that is one of OC’s fastest-growing private companies showing two-year revenue growth of 86% as of June 30, 2024.
IN THE NEWS: Received a minority investment from Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager (NYSE: BX), in January.
NOTABLE: Salas O’Brien’s M&A hustle led the firm to reach 2023 revenue of $562M, up from $174M in 2020.
QUOTABLE: “The fact that we can do all of this while retaining our employee ownership approach and in partnership with the incredible professionals at Blackstone is an amazing validation of our team’s hard work.”
