Best Places to Work in Sports — Inner Circle Sports

Professional Services Providers: Fewer than 50 employees

Inner Circle Sports (gold)

Employees: 12

Headquarters: New York

Primary business: Investment banking

Key executive: Steve Horowitz, managing partner

Top strength: Goals and accountabilities are clear to everyone on my team.

Top opportunity: I am paid fairly.

What makes it a Best Place to Work:

■ As a small company, we are challenged each day to be proactive and meet our clients’ needs. From top to bottom, everyone understands this. We all work together and help each other be as successful as possible.

■ I am given the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally and am not limited by my title or years of experience. The culture at Inner Circle Sports is unique in that I feel supported and motivated by everyone within the organization to be successful, and we truly are one team.

■ I have consistently felt like everyone’s personal career development is of the utmost importance to the firm. I feel that every team member is valued, and we continue to strive to make the firm the best it can be internally and for our clients.

■ ICS is a fantastic place to work. Senior management has created an environment that encourages collaboration and communication and allows for employees at all levels to feel a sense of ownership and pride in the work that we do, which leads to very high-quality output.