- Tech Data
's largest public company and the second largest one in Florida. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/1088581411.html?dids=1088581411:1088581411&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+3%2C+2006&author=KRIS+HUNDLEY&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=1.D&desc=Tech+Data%27s+quarter+fizzles]
Founded in 1974 by
Edward C. Raymund , Tech Data began by marketingdata processing supplies directly to end users of mini andmainframe computer s. In 1983 the company expanded its targeted markets and redirected its efforts toward servicingmicrocomputer resellers as a wholesale distributor. Tech Data expanded intoCanada in 1989 through an acquisition, and in early 1993 the company launched an export division based in Miami to serve theLatin America n market. Tech Data entered the European market in 1994 through the acquisition of Paris-based Softmart International, S.A, France's largest distributor of personal computer products. In July 1998 the company acquired a majority interest in Munich-basedComputer 2000 , Europe's leading provider of IT products to resellers. Its overseas performance was disappointing in the quarter ending June 30, 2006. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/1088581411.html?dids=1088581411:1088581411&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+3%2C+2006&author=KRIS+HUNDLEY&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=1.D&desc=Tech+Data%27s+quarter+fizzles] Despite this, it was the world's second greatest distributor of computer products in mid2006 . [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/1042519121.html?dids=1042519121:1042519121&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+24%2C+2006&author=&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=2.D&desc=EARNINGS] For the second quarter, fiscal year 2008 ending July 31, 2007, Tech Data posted record numbers in growth and earnings per share. Year over year growth was 18%, headed by a strong performance in the Americas and recovering performance in Europe.Distribution
In Germany the distributor
Computer 2000 is a part of the Tech Data company.External links and references
* [http://www.techdata.com Tech Data website]
* [http://www.hoovers.com/tech-data/--ID__14882--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml?cm_ven=PAID&cm_cat=BUS&cm_pla=CO1&cm_ite=Tech_Data_Corp Tech Data Corporation information and related industry information from Hoover's]
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