type public traded as nasdaq tecd industry distribution business technology electronics computer hardware computer software it consulting retail founded clearwater florida u.s. 1974 ; 42 years ago 1974 founder edward c. raymund headquarters clearwater florida united states area served 100 countries revenue us 27.67063 billion 2015 1 number of employees 9 100 2014 2 website techdata.com tech data corporation commonly referred to as tech data is an american multinational distribution company specializing in it products and services headquartered in clearwater florida . tech data provides a broad range of product lines logistics capabilities and value added services that enable technology manufacturers and resellers such as apple cisco hp ibm lenovo microsoft sony symantec and vmware to deploy it solutions . tech data is now one of the world s largest distributors of it products and services generating 27.7 billion in net sales for the fiscal year ended january 31 2015 . the company is ranked no. 107 on the fortune 500 3 and one of fortune s world s most admired companies . 4 history edit founded in clearwater fl by edward c. raymund in november 1974 tech data corporation marketed data processing supplies for mini and mainframe computers . in 1983 tech data began to transition from a reseller to full line national distributor of personal computer products a transition led by steven a. raymund edward s son . steve a. raymund succeeded edward c. raymund as chief executive officer in 1986 the same year tech data announced its initial public stock offering on nasdaq ticker symbol tecd . in 2006 robert m. dutkowsky was named chief executive officer . over the past 20 years tech data expanded its business into canada mexico and europe by acquiring 18 companies . some companies acquired included canadian based parityplus paris based softmart international munich based computer 2000 ag globelle canada uk based azlan group plc actebis ag switzerland nordics based it distributor scribona netherlands based triade holding b.v. specialist distribution group sdg and signature technology group stg . 5 on august 25 2015 talkin cloud ranked tech data one of the world s top cloud service providers for the second consecutive year naming tech data no. 24 on the annual list . 6 in the second quarter of 2015 tech data posted record earnings increasing net income by 22.4 % and sales by 8 % . tech data s data center business is attributed with the record earnings . 7 external links edit tech data website references edit tech data corp financial statements . united states securities and exchange commission . 2014 tech data annual report pdf . techdata.com . fortune 500 . fortune magazine . world s most admired companies 2015 . fortune magazine . tech data history . tech data corporation . 2015 talkin cloud 100 top cloud services providers . penton . channel beat earnings from hp salesforce tech data soar . crn . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tech data & oldid 707907452 categories electronics companies of the united statesmultinational companies headquartered in the united statessoftware companies based in floridatechnology companies of the united statescompanies based in clearwater floridaamerican companies established in 1974electronics companies established in 1974technology companies established in 19741974 establishments in floridacompanies listed on nasdaq navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisbahasa indonesia edit links this page was last modified on 2 march 2016 at 14 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view