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The Women’s Edge names Hexagon Properties
to Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Mass.

Boston, MA The Women’s Edge together with its partner The Boston Globe named Hexagon Properties as one of the 24th annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts. The honorees were recognized during a celebratory breakfast event on November 1. The 100 organizations honored generated over $124 billion in total revenue in 2023, demonstrating that women leaders continue to be key drivers of the state’s economy.

Hexagon Properties was included on the list as a real estate development, management and hospitality organization that has an upper management team that is 50% female and provides benefits including mentoring, paid days to volunteer at non-profits of choice, access to local networking events, advanced training programs with Michelin Star chefs, and more. One of Hexagon’s most well-known properties is The ‘Quin House in Back Bay.

“The organizations on this year’s diverse list are driving $124 billion of revenue into the MA economy and innovation across the country, from increased manufacturing capacity to breakthroughs in clinical care and therapeutics” said The Women’s Edge chief executive officer Elizabeth Hailer. “We are honored to celebrate the Top 100 women leaders and hope it inspires others to drive for success here in our region and beyond.”

This is the 24th year that The Women’s Edge – a Boston-based nonprofit organization devoted to advancing women in leadership positions — created the list through a nomination process and reviewed both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and the 12th year that the list was created in collaboration with The Boston Globe. In addition to revenue or operating budget, factors considered in the evaluation included workplace and management diversity, board makeup, and innovative projects. The full list was published in the Globe Magazine’s Women & Power issue at bostonglobe.com/magazine on November 1 and in print on November 3.

“These 100 exceptional leaders, and the companies they run, are at the heart of the Massachusetts economy,” said Globe Magazine editor Francis Storrs. “We’re delighted to highlight their inspiration and impact through our longtime partnership with The Women’s Edge.”

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