I work for a privately owned company that has been doing billions for more than a decade. I live 10 miles away and never even heard about them until I started

I work for a privately owned company that has been doing billions for more than a decade. I live 10 miles away and never even heard about them until I started working for them, most people don't that live here don't know about it or what they do. It made me realize and look into businesses that are privately held that are doing well. Killed that idea for me that you need SV or VC funding to scale.