Founded in 1917, Lear Corporation has grown rapidly to become the world's largest automotive interior systems suppliers. In fact, we rank as the 16th fastest growing company in America over the last ten years, with a compound annual growth rate of 26%. In addition, Lear was recently named as America's Most Admired Company in the Motor Vehicle Parts industry in FORTUNE magazine's annual survey of corporate reputations. Lear serves all of the world's major automakers and you can find Lear content on more than 300 vehicles around the world. With annual net sales of $15.7 billion in 2003, Lear ranks #131 among the FORTUNE 500 in size.