Chicago Mayor Lori LightfootChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot

CHICAGO— Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and World Business Chicago putthe spotlight on 15 local tech firms at the third annual ChicagoTech Day that have or will be adding a combined total of more than2,000 new jobs in the city through 2020.

Chicago's tech ecosystem is the city's fastest-growing industrysector with more than 4,000 digital companies—a more than 270%growth rate in just 10 years. According to the U.S. Bureau of LaborStatistics, tech jobs have grown 38.6% since 2010, employing morethan 143,000 people.

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John Jordan

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