BFAM

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.

A provider of employer-sponsored childcare and early education, Bright Horizons runs on-site daycare centers at workplaces and offers back-up care, elder care, and tutoring to working families. Founded in 1986 by Roger Brown and Linda Mason after the couple ran a childcare project for refugee children in Thailand, the company grew from a single Boston-area center into one of the largest childcare operators in the world. Its very name—"bright horizons"—reflects the founders' belief that every child deserves a promising future.