what is a gazelle company 
according to the original technical definition a gazelle company is a high growth company that has been increasing its revenues by at least 20 annually for four years or more starting from a revenue base of at least 100 000 1the rapid growth pace means that the company has more than doubled its revenues over a four year period as gazelle companies are characterized by fast sales growth rather than their absolute size they can range in size from small companies to very large enterprises though a majority of them are on the smaller end of the scale many gazelles are publicly traded companies meaning investors can buy and sell their shares 