CDW

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CDW

Type of Company	Public (NYSE: [1])
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Vernon Hills, IL
Key people	John Edwardson, Chairman,President & CEO
Industry	Computer hardware
Products	Desktops Servers Laptops Peripherals
Revenue	$6.3 billion USD (2005)
Employees	5,250
Slogan	The Right Technology, Right Away
Website	www.cdw.com

CDW Corporation NASDAQ: CDWC, headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, is a leading reseller of computer hardware, software and supplies. Along with its warehouse-attached showroom in Illinois, CDW takes orders from its catalog via mail order, telephone and the Internet.

In early 2006, CDW opened a 513,000 square-foot distribution center in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The Vernon Hills, Illinois distribution center is roughly 450,000 square feet.

CDW currently ranks #343 on the Fortune 500 list. They also rank # 34 on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work for. In 2005 CDW employees donated the money for their holiday party (more than $1 million) to hurricane relief.

CDW has recently announced the acquisition of Berbee, a top tier reseller of IBM, Cisco, and Microsoft products and services. This is CDW's second major acquisition after purchasing Micro Warehouse in September of 2003.

CDW was originally incorporated as "MPK Computing" by its founding member Michael Krasny.

Michael Krasny currently ranks on Fortune magazine's list of the wealthiest Americans.