Avnet

Avnet, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryElectronics
Founded1921; 103 years ago (1921)
New York City, New York, U.S.
FounderCharles Avnet
HeadquartersPhoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Key people
RevenueIncrease US$26.53 billion (2023)
Increase US$1.35 billion (2023)
Increase US$1.18 billion (2023)
Total assetsIncrease US$12.47 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease US$4.75 billion (2023)
Number of employees
c. 14,500 (2021)
Websitewww.avnet.com Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes / references
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Avnet, Inc. is a distributor of electronic components headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, named after Charles Avnet, who founded the company in 1921. After its start on Manhattan's Radio Row, the company became incorporated in 1955 and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1961. On May 8, 2018, Avnet changed stock markets to Nasdaq,[3] trading under the same ticker AVT.

  1. ^ "Avnet, Inc. 2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. August 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "Avnet Names Phil Gallagher as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2020 Results" (Press release). August 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "Avnet to switch markets, be listed on the Nasdaq". bizjournals.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.