No. 28: Autodesk
Industry: Application Software
Sales: $2.2 billion
Net Income: $356.2 million
Autodesk's (ADSK) latest software makes architects and engineers more productive—and injects visual oomph into their designs. Its new three-dimensional software, including Revit Architecture, lets architects model a building's face and sides in the same drawing. Even midprice PCs can run the programs, and that has expanded the San Rafael (Calif.) company's market. Sales jumped 18%, to $2.2 billion, and profits rose 23%, to $356.2 million, for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31. But Chief Executive Carl Bass must contend with an economic slowdown: He has already cut the 2008 earnings outlook.
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