Essilor International: +7%

Essilor International: +7%

Recently featured in our who's hiring and who's firing roundup, French ophthalmologic specialist Essilor clearly belongs in the former category. The company has added 23,273 employees in the past five years. The company's stock has increased from the EUR48 range five years ago to more than EUR113 today. In this time period, the company, the world's biggest lens maker, has also built an Innovation & Technology Center in Dallas, TX, while setting aside more than $1 billion for acquisitions.