The largest company in the region's big goal: stay No. 1

Tech Data’s new CEO, Rich Hume, starts his CEO gig at the top. How will he keep the business in the pole position?

Mark Wemple. Rich Hume is the new CEO of Tech Data.
Mark Wemple. Rich Hume is the new CEO of Tech Data.
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June 6 marked the end of an epoch at Tech Data, the Clearwater-based IT distributor that surpassed Publix this year for the No. 1 spot in the Business Observer’s Top 500 list of the largest companies by revenue. 

 

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