Company type | Public |
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Industry | Electronics |
Founded | 1921 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Founder | Charles Avnet |
Headquarters | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
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Revenue | US$26.53 billion (2023) |
US$1.35 billion (2023) | |
US$1.18 billion (2023) | |
Total assets | US$12.47 billion (2023) |
Total equity | US$4.75 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | c. 14,500 (2021) |
Website | www |
Footnotes / references [1][2] |
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.