OUR TAKE: What Tech Data's future could look like under private ownership
CPI editor Josh Budd speculates on what's in store for Tech Data once its $5.4bn deal with Apollo Global Management closes
There's already been a lot of speculation about what impact Tech Data's $5.4bn deal with Apollo Global Management will have on the distributor and its partners. CEO Rich Hume has claimed that Apollo will "afford Tech Data additional resources to accelerate our ability to bring to market the technology products and solutions the world needs to connect, grow and advance." But the very recent history of distributors going into private ownership doesn't weigh in Tech Data's favour. Ingram Micro's...
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