| Type | Public (NYSE: IM) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware/software distribution |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Santa Ana, CA |
| Key people | Dale Laurance, Chairman Greg Spierkel, CEO William Humes, CFO |
| Products | Computer hardware, software, services, logistics |
| Revenue | US$ 34.6 billion (2011) |
| Net income | US$ 318.1 million (2011) |
| Employees | 15,000 |
| Website | www.ingrammicro.com |
Ingram Micro, Inc. NYSE: IM is a Fortune 100 (#75 in 2011; Source: Fortune 500) company and the world’s largest information technology (IT) distributor, providing sales, marketing and logistics services for the IT industry in all corners of the globe.
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It is based in Santa Ana, California. The company provides value by helping technology partners reach dispersed, fragmented markets in an efficient manner. For its reseller customers, Ingram Micro provides one-stop access to hundreds of thousands of products produced by leading hardware manufacturers and software publishers, coupled with credit and sales support. For technology vendors, the company aggregates the small-and-medium business (SMB), retail/e-tail and commercial markets to provide an efficient route to market. In addition, the company offers fee-based logistics and supply-chain management services to a variety of companies both within and outside of the technology industry. In recent years, Ingram Micro built a presence in areas adjacent to its traditional distribution business, including enterprise computing, automatic identification and data capture (AIDC); point-of-sale (POS); managed, professional and warranty maintenance services; mobility; physical security; and consumer electronics (CE). The company has been a leader in addressing the continuing evolution of technology delivery, including cloud computing, or software-, platform- and infrastructure-as-a-service. Its fee-for-service logistics and supply-chain management business extends the company’s reach to vendors selling products directly to consumers as well as retailers and e-tailers selling non-IT products.
The company is the only global broad-based IT distributor, serving resellers in approximately 150 countries on six continents The company offers more than 1,400 suppliers access to a global customer base of more than 185,000 resellers of various categories, including Value Added Resellers (VARs), corporate resellers, direct marketers, retailers, Internet-based resellers, and government and education resellers.
In 1989 Ingram Micro, then "Ingram Micro-D" a subsidiary of the privately owned [[Ingram Ind ustries]] group, took over the Belgian Softinvest and its three Softeurop subsidiaries active on the Belgian, the French and the Dutch markets from Brussels, Lille and Utrecht. This was Ingram first footprint in outside the U.S. except for some Ingram Industries subsidiaries. An active merge, acquisitions and foundation strategy then followed to conquer the European market.
In august 1993, Ingram Micro Belgium acquired Zedd, (Zaventem Electronic Dealer Distribution) and much of its assets including the right to distribute the HP line of products, a then much wanted value against other local players.