disputed . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met . may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message expeditors type public traded as nasdaq expd nasdaq 100 component dow jones transportation average component s & p 500 component industry logistics founded 1979 headquarters seattle washington us key people jeffrey s. musser chairman & ceo philip m. coughlin president & global geographies and operations daniel r. wall president & global products eugene k. alger president & global services products freight forwarding services customs brokerage revenue 6.1 billion usd 2011 operating income 547 million usd 2010 net income 344 million usd 2010 number of employees 13 000 2010 1 website www.expeditors.com expeditors is a global logistics and freight forwarding company headquartered in seattle washington . 2 contents 1 financial information 2 compensation structure 3 see also 4 references 5 external links financial information edit expeditors became a publicly traded company in 1984 with the listing of its shares on nasdaq under the ticker symbol expd nasdaq expd and were named to the nasdaq 100 in 2002 . during their first year as a public company expeditors reported more than 50 million in gross revenues and 2.1 million in net earnings . expeditors is currently 428 on the fortune 500 2013 . total revenues exceeded five billion 5.967 billion in 2010 . they are known in the financial services community for their unconventional and entertaining sec filings which are rumored to be written by ceo peter rose himself citation needed as well as its responses to questions submitted to the company which are placed on expeditors investor website . 3 rose announced his retirement in march 2014 as ceo with his retirement as chairman effective may 2015 . compensation structure edit expeditors maintains a compensation structure that is unique to the logistics industry . according to their 2003 annual report 4 each of the company s branches are independent profit centers and the primary compensation for the branch management group comes in the form of incentive based compensation calculated directly from the operating income of that branch . this compensation structure ensures that the allocation of revenue and expense among components of services ... are done in an objective manner on a fair value basis . see also edit companies portal globalization world economy references edit expeditors 8 k dated 27 february 2008 pdf . retrieved 2008 04 14 . expeditors office information seattle usa chq . expeditors retrieved on january 25 2009 . public disclosure . expeditors . archived from the original on august 30 2011 . retrieved august 24 2014 . expeditors 2003 annual report . retrieved 2007 10 27 . external links edit official website v t e seattle based corporations within the seattle metropolitan area seattle and seatac based fortune 1000 corporations alaska airlines 482 amazon.com 49 expeditors international 428 nordstrom 227 starbucks 208 puget sound based fortune 1000 corporations companies listed above plus costco wholesale 22 expedia inc. 515 microsoft 35 paccar 168 puget sound energy 703 weyerhaeuser 363 major seattle and puget sound based non public or externally owned corporations big fish games darigold eddie bauer jones soda nash holdings nintendo of america qfc rei safeco t mobile us v t e dow jones transportation average components alaska air group american airlines group avis budget group c. h. robinson csx delta air lines expeditors international fedex j. b. hunt jetblue airways kansas city southern kirby landstar system matson norfolk southern ryder southwest airlines union pacific united continental holdings united parcel service coordinates 47 36 22 n 122 20 04 w 47.606 n 122.334562 w 47.606 ; 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