Essendant

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Essendant Inc.

Company type	Private
Traded as	Nasdaq: ESND
Industry	Wholesale Distribution
Founded	1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Headquarters	Deerfield, Illinois, United States
Key people	Dave Boone (CEO) Tom Engstrom (SVP) Andy Kiss (SVP of Information Technology) Renee Starr (SVP) Marcela Sztainberg (SVP of Human Relations) Ryon Wharton (SVP) Harry Dochelli (Advisor)
Products	Business products, office supplies, electronics, furniture, industrial, janitorial, automotive
Revenue	$5.369 billion (2016)[1]
Owner	Sycamore Partners
Number of employees	6,400[2] (2017)
Website	www.essendant.com
Footnotes / references [3]

Essendant Inc., formerly known as United Stationers, is a national wholesale distributor of office supplies, with consolidated net sales of $5.3 billion. Essendant stocks over 160,000 items, including traditional office products, office furniture, janitorial and break room supplies, and technology products. Essendant is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, and also has operations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).