Alaska Business Monthly's 2013 top 49ers: blockbusters of business: executive summary.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha

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Roll out the red carpet and set out your best business attire; this year's Blockbusters of Business, Alaska Business Monthly's Top 49ers, are ready for the stage. These companies are the producers, directors, actors, costumers, and set designers in Alaska's economy, keeping it alive, fresh, and--key for any blockbuster--making money.

The Top 49ers this year have produced a total gross revenue of $15.9 billion in 2012, a mere $216 million behind 2011's record figures. Employment figures have gone up, as these businesses employ 71,272 people worldwide and have 25,792 Alaska employees, an increase of 9.9 and 9.7 percent, respectively, from the previous year, demonstrating both Alaska's reach into a worldwide economy and a dedication to keeping the Alaska community on a firm foundation.

Taking the spotlight is our number one, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, which has been in that position for nineteen straight years. Its gross revenue for 2012 was $2.62 billion, accounting for almost one sixth of the Top 49ers total. They did so with 10,782 worldwide employees, 15 percent of the list total. Of those, 4,525 are Alaskan employees.

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation is joined by twenty-two other Native Regional and Village corporations from around the state. These ANCSA corporations safeguard Alaska Native interests not only by promoting healthy economies and stimulating rural and often isolated communities, but by preserving, celebrating, and sharing Alaska Native Culture through nonprofits, scholarship programs, and cultural centers and celebrations.

They participate in every economic sector in Alaska, either directly or through dividends paid to shareholders, and span the gamut of business and industry, from construction to health care to financial services.

In 2012, their gross combined revenue was $11.6 billion. They comprise 73 percent of Top 49er gross revenues, 45 percent of the 49 companies, and 66 percent of Alaska jobs reported here, demonstrating their dedication to Alaska and its peoples.

The next highest contributor to the Alaska 2012 economy was the Transportation industry, bringing in $1.3 billion in gross revenue and every other thing under the sun in terms of actual movement. Our five Top 49ers transportation companies' 2,898 employees make sure Alaskans have access to anything that can be packed on a pallet and probably most things that can't.

Coming in next at $736 million are the Finance, Insurance...