Enterprises that Improve Lives

The Sorenson family of companies is a diverse group of enterprises linked by an innovative spirit and an entrepreneurial heritage. Originally in the business of inventing and producing groundbreaking medical devices, such as indwelling catheters that made possible lifesaving techniques to monitor and treat the heart, the Sorenson family of companies has expanded during the past five decades to include successful enterprises in large-scale real estate development, information technology, communications, genetic research, environmental testing and pharmaceutical products, as well as philanthropic endeavors.

In each enterprise in which they are engaged, the Sorenson Companies excel by finding unique markets and better ways to do things. For example, The Sorenson Group real estate companies have assembled significant land holdings in the path of industrial and residential growth. They have thoughtfully designed large residential communities, retail centers and commercial parks in which people and businesses thrive. A sample of real estate developments include: the 350-acre Sorenson Technology Park (home to numerous industrial distribution and warehouse companies); Innovation Office and Retail Park (425,000 square feet of office and retail space); Rosecrest, a 2,200-acre master-planned community that is one of the fastest growing and most successful new residential communities in Salt Lake County, and Jordanelle Ridge, a 2,000-unit master-planned community nestled in the scenic mountains of Wasatch County near Jordanelle Reservoir.

Likewise, Sorenson Media’s software compression and video communication technology is acknowledged as the best in the world and has made possible new products and services, such as the Sorenson Communication Video Relay Service for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, which was recently purchased by GTCR Golder Rauner, a Chicago-based private equity firm. Sorensen Genomics is an industry leader in DNA analysis with capabilities that pioneered several new testing services. Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, the world's largest correlated genetic-genealogy database, is a philanthropic endeavor founded with the goal of improving human understanding by proving scientifically how closely related each human being is to every other.

Sorenson Development provides research and development, human resources and legal services to each separate enterprise.

The belief of the Sorenson Companies is that each breakthrough is an opportunity for further achievement, and each achievement will lead to a better future for all.

Leadership:
James LeVoy Sorenson, Chairman, Sorenson Development, Inc.
James Lee Sorenson, Vice-Chairman, Sorenson Development, Inc.

Employees:
Approximately 540