CDW Corporation

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.cdw.com
Employees: 6,850
Employee growth: (0.7%)

CDW Corporation takes more orders than Beetle Bailey. The company offers about 100,000 computer products, including notebook and desktop PCs, software, printers, servers, storage devices, networking tools, and accessories. Brands include Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Sony, ViewSonic, and Xerox, among others. Its Toronto-based subsidiary markets technology products to customers across Canada. Almost all of CDW's sales come from private business and public sector clients. The company was founded in 1984. It was acquired in 2007 by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for about $7 billion.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $8,070.0M
One year growth: (0.4%)

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: John A. Edwardson
SVP and CFO: Ann E. Ziegler
SVP and CIO: Jonathan J. (Jon) Stevens

Competitors:
Insight Enterprises
PC Connection
Systemax