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Exchange: NYSE
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Ticker Symbol: AVT
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Sector: Technology
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Founded: 1921 by Charles Avnet
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Incorporated: 1955
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Went Public: 1959
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CEO: Roy Vallee
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Global Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona
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Employees Worldwide: 12,000
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Auditors: KPMG LLP
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Stock Price: History
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Fortune 500 (2009 Rank # 144 )
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Fiscal Year End: June
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Reach: Sales in more than 70 countries
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No. of Locations: 300+ worldwide
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Last updated: 08/10/09
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One of the world's largest global distributors of electronic parts, enterprise computing and storage products and embedded subsystems, Avnet provides a vital link in the technology supply chain.
Market needs and trends drive Avnet's product and services strategy, supported by a global infrastructure. Avnet brings a breadth and depth of service capabilities, such as supply-chain and design-chain services, logistics solutions, product assembly, device programming, computer system configuration and integration, and technical seminars - all in addition to its core distribution services.
Through its innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, and its passion for customer service, Avnet assures customers and suppliers that they have chosen the right partner to accelerate their success.
Avnet is ranked No. 1 in our industry in Fortune magazine's "Most Admired Companies" list for 2009!
Being named the most admired in our industry is an honor,
and this further validates what I have known all along:
we have the best team in technology distribution.
-- Roy Vallee, Avnet chairman and CEO.
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