Synnex was an American

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that provides

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(IT) services to businesses. It merged with competitor

Tech Data Tech Data Corporation (commonly referred to as Tech Data) was an American multinational distribution company specializing in IT products and services headquartered in Clearwater, Florida. It merged with competitor Synnex to form TD Synnex. Sy ...

to form

TD Synnex TD SYNNEX is an American IT distribution company with a workforce of 22,000 in over 100 countries. On September 1, 2021, Tech Data completed a merger with Synnex creating TD SYNNEX, a new company with $59.8 billion in revenue. Through the combina ...

. It was founded in 1980 by Robert T. Huang and based in

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. As an information technology supply chain services company, it offered services to

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s and

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customers.

History

Originally founded as a technology hardware distributor, Synnex distributes products and related logistics services. As a business process outsourcing and contract assembly it works with industry suppliers of IT systems, peripherals, system components, software and networking equipment. The company is one of the major employers in Greenville,

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. On 21 December 2009, Synnex acquired Jack of All Games from

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. In December 2010 Synnex acquired the managed business solutions division of e4e, an ITes service provider located in

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in India. In 2012 Hyve Solutions announced a partnership with IBM and Zettaset to produce a bundled "turnkey" platform for

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-based analytics targeted to the needs of small- and medium-sized businesses. Synnex acquired IBM's worldwide customer care business process outsourcing (BPO) services business on 11 September 2013. On 28 June 2018,

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and Synnex announced they have reached a definitive agreement in which Synnex would acquire Convergys for $2.43 billion in combined stock and cash, and integrate it with

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. On 5 October 2018, Convergys Corporation and Synnex announced that they have completed the merger. In 2019, Synnex sits at number 158 on the

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listing. On 9 January 2020, Dennis Polk, President and Chief Executive Officer of Synnex, announced plans to separate SYNNEX and Concentrix into two publicly traded companies. The spinoff was completed on 1 December 2020, with Synnex shareholders getting one share of Concentrix for each share of Synnex they held. In July 2020, the

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's servers were hacked through Synnex. The company said it "could potentially be in connection" with the

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that unfolded days prior. On 22 March 2021 it was announced that Synnex will merge with

for a sum of 7.2 billion USD, including debt. Synnex shareholders received 55% of the merged company. MiTAC Holdings Corp. and its affiliates, which collectively owns about 17% of Synnex shares as of 22 January 2021, voted their shares in favor of the transaction.

Merger with Tech Data

On September 1, 2021, Synnex completed a merger with

. This merger created a new company with $59.8 billion in revenue,

. Through the combination of both companies, TD Synnex becomes the largest IT distributor, surpassing

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. TD Synnex is led by former Tech Data CEO, Rich Hume.

References

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