The Brix Group, Inc.

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.brixcom.com
Employees: 290

So you ride yourselves over the fields and you make all your animal deals and your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick. Or, in the case of product catalogs, thick as a Brix. The Brix Group distributes a wide variety of electronics equipment, such as boom boxes, car stereos, and cell phones, and resells wireless phone service subscriptions. The company started in 1971 as a distributor of car audio products. Co-founder and CEO Harry Brix owns The Brix Group. The company has about a dozen offices in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Oregon, and Washington, along with dealers throughout Canada and the US.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2007:
Sales: $56.4M

Officers:
Chairman: Harry G. Brix
COO: George Georgiades
CFO: Al Mercado

Competitors:
Best Buy
Circuit City
Fry's Electronics