Sun Devil 100 Class of 2025 applications now open
The Sun Devil 100 Class of 2024 featured 171 ASU alumni representing 135 organizations across 17 states. Photo courtesy Tim Trumble.
Applications for the ASU Alumni Association’s Sun Devil 100 Class of 2025 opened today.
Each year, the ASU Alumni Association honors a select group of business leaders through the Sun Devil 100 program, celebrating their innovation, growth and entrepreneurial spirit. This program recognizes ASU alumni who own or operate companies of all sizes across various industries worldwide.
“We are proud to celebrate Sun Devil business leaders who embody the spirit of ASU,” said Christine K. Wilkinson, president and CEO of the ASU Alumni Association. “These awardees contribute significantly to their communities and industries and exhibit the excellence that ASU fosters in its graduates.”
In 2024, the ASU Alumni Association celebrated 10 years of Sun Devil 100 with its largest class, featuring 171 exceptional alumni. Individual business owners were recognized from a diverse mix of industries including architecture, construction, information technology, legal services, marketing, public relations, nonprofit sectors and real estate.
Collectively, the 135 organizations comprising this cohort reported a staggering revenue of $17.42 billion for the 2022 fiscal year, employing over 166,000 full-time professionals across 17 states. The class featured representatives from 14 colleges and holds a cumulative total of 210 ASU degrees.
Members of Sun Devil 100 cohorts are innovators who lead a variety of organizations with consecutive years of growth. This year, all eligible companies for the class of 2025 will be ranked by their percentage increase in gross sales and revenue for 2021, 2022 and 2023 in three financial tiers:
- Revenues of $250,000–$1.99 million.
- Revenues of $2 million–$9.99 million.
- Revenues of more than $10 million.
Introduced in 2022, the financial tiers give honorees the ability to be ranked with businesses in similar revenue categories, recognizing more alumni entrepreneurs and businesses at different stages of growth.
All companies will be inducted into the next Sun Devil 100 class, and the top fastest-growing companies in each of the three tiers will be specially recognized.
The companies must have been in business for at least three years, have revenues of $250,000-plus for each of the past three years and operate in a manner consistent with the ASU Charter.
A full list of eligibility requirements and application steps are available at the ASU Alumni Sun Devil 100 website.