Metro Philadelphia's mix of corporate employers makes for a mellow regional economy, slow-growing but also recession-resistant. An Inquirer survey of more than 200 major employers shows the region's biggest job engines are the hospital system affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University, and the combination of the University of Pennsylvania and its hospital network.

 

What it's worth to you

 

Service providers flourish

 

Rich mix of private, public

 

The Philly CEO difference: Cash

 

Economy with a broad base

 

The cool-headed hot-seat survivor

 

The E-commerce CEO

 

The Diva

 

The utility wrangler

 

The jet-setting internationalist

 

The rising-star recruit

 

Your friendly, neighborhood Six Sigma physician

 

The ever-expanding entrepreneur

 

Sweet-as-sugar marketing whiz