He began as a computer distributor in the early 1990s, plowing profits into a small regional bank.
For now, the involvement of BellSouth's 1.2 million small-business customers will be limited to buying office products and computer-related goods from two sizable vendors: Boise Cascade Office Products (nyse: BOP), the $3.1 billion unit of Boise Cascade; and New England Circuit Sales, a computer distributor.
Ingram Micro, a California-based computer distributor, bought a 21% stake in a Singaporean PC distributor in December.
Multiple Zones, a Renton, Wash.-based computer distributor, started out opposing the PriceScan scheme but capitulated in June.
Still, he readily let his neighbor, Raidtronics, a computer hardware distributor, use space in his warehouse.
The bride's father was the owner of Loviel Computer Corporation, a computer parts distributor in Minneapolis; her mother, who is retired, was the office manager.
She met Jim when he was working for a computer peripherals distributor.
AS OWNERS GO, the Ingram family has always taken a hands-off approach to Ingram Micro, the $22 billion (sales) computer distributor.
Tech Data is the second-largest computer distributor, behind Ingram Micro Inc.
They're celebrating a deal reported to be worth $30 million or so that pcOrder.com, Inc. just closed with Ingram Micro Inc., the world's largest computer distributor.
