Out of the aisle: a second generation Herran uses his golden touch with start-ups on the family's supermarket empire

South Florida CEO, July, 2005 by Jaime Hernandez

--Jaime Hernandez

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Miami-Dade County's Largest Companies:

#4

Lennar Corp.

(Public)

2004 revenues:

$10.5 billion

#5

Carnival Corp. & PLC

(Public)

2004 revenues:

$9.7 billion

#2

Southern Wine and Spirits of America

(Private)

2004 revenues:

$5.8 billion (e)

#6

World Fuel Services Corp.

(Public)

2004 revenues:

$5.7 billion

#7

Ryder System Inc.

(Public)

2004 revenues:

$5.2 billion

Broward County's Largest Companies:

#1

AutoNation Inc.

(Public)

2004 Revenues:

$19.4 billion

#1

JM Family Enterprises Inc.

(Private)

2004 Revenues:

$8.2 billion

#10

Republic Services Inc.

(Public)

2004 Revenues:

$2.7 billion

#11

Technical Olympic USA Inc.

(Public)

2004 Revenues:

$2.1 billion

#12

Spherion Corp.

(Public)

2004 Revenues:

$2.0 billion

Palm Beach County's Largest Companies:

#2

Office Depot Inc.

(Public)

2004 Revenues:

$13.6 billion

#3

FPL Group Inc.

(Public)

2004 Revenues:

$10.5 billion

#13

TBC Corp.

(Public)

2004 Revenues:

$1.9 billion

#7

Purity Wholesale Grocers

(Private)

2004 Revenues:

$1.5 billion (e)

#15

Jacuzzi Brands Inc.

(Public)

2004 Revenues:

$1.3 billion