Ingram Micro Finalizes $7.2B Acquisition By Platinum Equity
By MYBRANDBOOK
Ingram Micro has officially closed its $7.2 billion acquisition by private equity powerhouse Platinum Equity in a blockbuster deal that frees the distributor from financially troubled Chinese conglomerate HNA Group.
Platinum Equity Chairman and CEO Tom Gores said in a prepared statement that Platinum is “excited” to put its “resources and experience to work helping Ingram Micro navigate these especially fluid times.” He said corporate IT priorities are “shifting, ecommerce is thriving, and the pace of digitization continues to accelerate,” which makes Ingram’s technology products,services and adanced solutions “more important than ever.
The deal-which was anticipated to be finalized by the second quarter of 2021–took seven months to finish.
Ben Johnson, CEO of Liberty Expertise, a Griffin, Ga. resolution supplier, mentioned the IT business is below “growing stress” to steer the provision chain away from China within the wake of human rights points and questions concerning the origin of the Coronavirus. “I don’t assume the timing of this was coincidental” given the political state of affairs with China.
Ingram Micro CEO Alain Monie mentioned in a ready assertion Ingram is worked up to start its future with a “distinguished US based mostly accomplice with the need and substantial assets to speed up” it innovation and vendor and buyer providers. Ingram is continued growing and today, it has more than 35,000 employees, 170,000 customers, and partnerships with more than 2,000 vendors.
Platinum shares our vision for Ingram Micro and is dedicated to us continuing to develop and offer innovative solutions across the IT ecosystem, while providing a superior experience for our customer and vendor partners and a work environment where our associates can thrive,” said Monie.
Now Platinum arrives after HNA Group bought Ingram Micro for $6 billion 5 years back. HNA Group’s ties to the Chinese language authorities had been at all times a priority for Ingram Micro’s companions, regardless of reassurances that the corporate was “ring-fenced” from Beijing’s affect by U.S. treaties.
Another worry is on the growing battle for the leadership into distribution business across the globe. Ingram Micro is dominating the segment from nearly three decades and now the recent merger of Tech Data-Synnex which will become the world’s largest distributor will have combined revenue of $60 billion, coming in nearly $11 billion larger than Irvine, Calif.-based Ingram Micro, which had $49.1 billion in sales in fiscal year 2020.
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