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Do you know a Sun Devil who owns or leads a successful company that has been in business for at least three years? If so, nominate them today and the ASU Alumni Association will reach out to them for more information and to see if they are interested in applying for the Class of 2022.

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By applying to become a part of the Sun Devil 100 Class of 2022, you are connecting back to your alma mater. Previous honorees have been invited to be featured speakers and guests for ASU events, serve as board members, featured in ASU news and on social media channels, create relationships with college units and build relationships. 

Sun Devil owned and led businesses who are selected to become a part of the Class of 2022 will be notified in January 2022. 

Listed below is information about the application process and criteria to be a part of Sun Devil 100. 

Application process:

• Review the criteria for the program. 
• Fill out the application.
• Once your application is submitted, it will be reviewed for eligibility requirements. You will be contacted if additional information is required.
• Once eligibility has been established, all applicants will be required to submit a copy of their financial records from the previous three calendar years. For the Class of 2022, records from 2018, 2019 and 2020 will be required. Financial records are submitted to our third-party financial advisor, Henry+Horne.
• Additional information on submitting financial records will be sent to applicants after the application has been received. 
• Specific financial records and information will be kept confidential. However, companies will be segmented into one of the three financial categories to determine the rankings of the fastest growing businesses per category.
• Eligible companies will be ranked by the compound annual growth rate from revenues over calendar and fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020. After these calculations, eligible companies will be listed by growth rate from the highest to the lowest in three tiers of revenue. The top fastest-growing companies will be honored in each tier and inducted into the Sun Devil 100 Class of 2022.

Criteria
Each year, the ASU Alumni Association recognizes leaders of organizations from around the world that demonstrate innovation, growth and entrepreneurial spirit. Honorees are invited back to campus in the spring to be recognized along with fellow Sun Devil led companies. Honorees will have the opportunity to connect with each other, meet with ASU leaders and deans and interact with aspiring student entrepreneurs.

To be considered, a business leader must follow these guidelines:

• The company must operate in a manner consistent with the ASU Charter in the areas of inclusion, impact on public good and responsibility to the community:
• The ASU Charter, adopted in 2014, is the blueprint to the transformation into the New American University: ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.
• The company must be Sun Devil owned or led, meaning owned by an ASU graduate or led in an executive position by an ASU graduate.
• The company must have generated verifiable revenues of $250,000 or more in each of the calendar years: 2018, 2019, 2020; or each of the fiscal years ending in: 2018, 2019, 2020.
• The company must have been in business for at least three calendar years: 2018, 2019, 2020; or three fiscal years ending in: 2018, 2019, 2020.
• Eligible companies will be ranked by the compound positive annual growth rate from revenues over calendar and fiscal years 2019, 2020 and 2021 based on 3 financial categories.
• Based on the calculations, eligible companies will be listed by growth rate from the highest to the lowest in each of the three categories. The top 100 fastest-growing companies in each of the three categories will be honored with induction into the Sun Devil 100 Class of 2022.