Consolidated Graphics: The Dukes of Digital

Printing is still part of the solution at Consolidated Graphics (CGX), the $1.2 billion commercial kingpin based in Houston. But people are an even bigger part.

Joe Davis, president and CEO of the 10th largest printing enterprise in North America (based on the 2009 Printing Impressions 400 rankings), likes to surround himself with energetic, enthusiastic and intelligent folks. It bothers Davis that he doesn't know every employee, of which there are about 5,500 at CGX. But, he knows the quality of people in his employ thanks to the due diligence performed by his M&A staff over the years—previously Chris Colville, and now Jim Cohen.