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Home > Company Index > Food, Beverage & Tobacco > Agricultural Services > Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.

Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.
 PROFILE
King Cotton is alive and well in Memphis. Homegrown Dunavant Enterprises is one of the largest cotton traders in the world. The company was founded in 1960 by William Dunavant, his son Billy (who is allergic to cotton), and Samuel T. Reeves. (The elder Dunavant died shortly after the founding, and Reeves left in 1995 to form Pinnacle Trading.) The company, which grew by selling aggressively to China and the Soviet Union, maintains offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Mexico, South America, the former Soviet Union, and the southern US. The company's other business interests include cotton trucking, warehousing, and real estate. Dunavant Enterprises is owned by the Dunavant family and company employees.

 COMPETITION
Calcot, Ltd. (dossier)
Cargill, Incorporated (dossier)
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (dossier)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: June
2000 Sales (mil.): 1,022.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (4.0)%
Employees: 950
Revenue per employee: $1,075,789.47

 KEY PEOPLE
• William B. Dunavant
    CEO

 CONTACT INFO
3797 New Getwell Rd.
Memphis, TN 38118
US
Phone: 901-369-1500
Fax: 901-369-1608
Online: Web Site

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