Printer and imaging-solutions manufacturer spun off from IBM in 1991, headquartered on a 374-acre campus in Lexington; taken private in 2016 by a consortium including Apex Technology and PAG Asia Capital.

General Motors factory in Bowling Green that has been the sole global assembly site for the Chevrolet Corvette since 1981, producing roughly 1.1 million Corvettes to date with about 1,100 employees.

Bourbon distillery on Wild Turkey Hill in Lawrenceburg owned by Italy's Campari Group since 2009; Campari is investing $161 million in a second on-site distillery to lift capacity from 9 to 14 million proof gallons a year.

Privately held, family-owned animal nutrition and agricultural science company founded in 1980 and headquartered in Nicholasville, developing feed supplements and nutrigenomics research for livestock, aquaculture and crop farming worldwide.

KKR portfolio company. Asset class: Health Care Growth. Industry: Healthcare. Region: Americas.

Privately held manufacturer headquartered in Lexington, designing and building large-diameter industrial, commercial and residential fans (5 to 24 feet) founded in 1999, with about 650 employees and international offices.

Publicly traded home and community health services company (NASDAQ: BTSG, IPO'd January 2024) headquartered in Louisville since its 1974 founding, providing home health, hospice, pharmacy and behavioral health services nationally.

Publicly traded spirits and wine producer behind Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve, Old Forester and Herradura; founded by George Garvin Brown in 1870 and still headquartered in Louisville.

National Historic Landmark bourbon distillery in Frankfort owned by the Sazerac Company since 1992, producing Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Blanton's and W.L. Weller; Sazerac has invested roughly $1.2 billion expanding the site.

Publicly traded racing, gaming and wagering company (NASDAQ: CHDN) established in 1875 and headquartered in Louisville, owner and operator of the Churchill Downs racetrack and the Kentucky Derby plus TwinSpires online wagering and regional casinos.

Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Louisville opened in 1969, now producing the Ford Super Duty, Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator on two lines with roughly 9,000 employees.

Bourbon distillery in Anderson County producing since 1888, combining two mashbills and five yeast strains into ten bourbon recipes; owned by Japan's Kirin Holdings, with warehousing and bottling in Cox's Creek, KY.

Home appliance manufacturer headquartered at the 750-acre Appliance Park in Louisville since 1953, making washers, dryers, dishwashers and refrigerators; owned by China's Haier Smart Home, currently investing $490 million and 800 jobs in a laundry-plant expansion.

Family-owned bourbon distiller (Evan Williams, Elijah Craig, Larceny) founded in 1935; headquartered in Bardstown with production at the Bernheim and new Heaven Hill Springs distilleries in Louisville.

Publicly traded health insurer (NYSE: HUM) headquartered in Louisville since 1961; the only Fortune 500 company headquartered in Kentucky, focused on Medicare Advantage and other health plans.

Jim Beam bourbon's home distillery in Clermont, on a 400-plus-acre campus where seven generations of the Beam and Noe families have made bourbon since 1795; owned by Beam Suntory.

Privately held packaging machinery manufacturer headquartered in Louisville (Jeffersontown), inventor of the stretch wrapper in 1972 by Pat and Bill Lancaster and the world's largest maker of stretch-wrapping systems, with 500+ Louisville employees.

Small-batch bourbon distillery in Loretto founded by Bill Samuels Sr. in 1953, known for its red-wax-sealed bottles; owned by Beam Suntory (Suntory Holdings, Japan).

American whiskey producer based in Louisville, distilling and bottling bourbon and rye at its Shively site with tours and tastings at the downtown Fort Nelson Distillery; positions itself as "cost be damned" small-batch whiskey.

Publicly traded pizza delivery and carryout chain (NASDAQ: PZZA) founded in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1984 and long headquartered in Louisville, KY, where its IT, finance, supply chain and legal teams remain based.