Rosenthal Contemporary Furniture

By DICK YOUNGBLOOD, Star Tribune

March 18, 2009 at 1:03AM

Business: Furniture retailer

Founded: 1895

Headquarters: Minneapolis

Executive: Rose Lebewitz, president, CEO and sometime janitor ("I cleaned the toilets yesterday.")

Employees: Six full-time, two part-time

2008 revenue: $2.1 million in year ended Oct. 31, up 23% from $1.7 million in fiscal 2007

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