Editing Ingram Micro (section)

===Early history===
Ingram Micro's origins trace back to the founding of distributor Micro D, Inc. in July 1979 by husband and wife team, Geza Czige and Lorraine Mecca, who were both teachers. The company started in [[Southern California]] and in its first year of business achieved approximately $3.5 million in sales.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://corp.ingrammicro.com/About-Us/History/Company-Beginnings-Story.aspx |title=Company Beginnings Story |access-date=2018-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607203528/https://corp.ingrammicro.com/About-Us/History/Company-Beginnings-Story.aspx |archive-date=2019-06-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Meanwhile, in 1982, entrepreneurs Ronald Schreiber, Irwin Schreiber, Gerald Lippes, and Paul Willax were busy founding Software Distribution Services in Buffalo, N.Y. Ingram Distribution Group, a unit of the privately held Ingram Industries, acquired Software Distribution Services in the spring of 1985 and renamed it Ingram Software. The operation was renamed Ingram Computer in February 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190716005229/en/Ingram-Micro-Celebrates-40th-Birthday|title=Ingram Micro Celebrates 40th Birthday &#124; Business Wire}}</ref>

After acquiring the remaining publicly traded shares of Micro D in 1989, Ingram Industries merged these two former competitors to create the microcomputer industry's first $1 billion computer products wholesale distribution company, renaming it Ingram Micro D.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corp.ingrammicro.com/About-Us/History.aspx |title=Company Beginnings Story}}</ref> 

In August 1993, Ingram Micro Belgium acquired [[Zaventem]] Electronic Dealer Distribution (Zedd) and much of its assets, including the right to distribute [[Hewlett-Packard]] products.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1993-08-03|title=Ingram Micro Buys Assets|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-03-fi-19676-story.html|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1996, Ingram Micro became a [[publicly traded company]] on the [[New York Stock Exchange]], with revenues exceeding $12 billion.

In July 2005, Ingram Micro purchased AVAD, LLC, a wholesale distributor for [[home automation]] and A/V gear.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2005/07/11/daily13.html|title=Ingram Micro buys AVAD assets|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>  It sold this subsidiary in July 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cepro.com/article/avad_acquired_by_private_equity_firm_former_klipsch_harman_execs_to_lead_th|title=AVAD Acquired by Private Equity Firm; Former Klipsch/Harman Execs to Lead the Co.|last=Jacobson|first=Julie|website=www.cepro.com|date=5 July 2016|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>

The Shared Services Center in [[Manila]], Philippines, began operations in May 2009, followed by another in [[Sofia, Bulgaria|Sofia]], Bulgaria, in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Buenviaje|first=Edge|title=Ingram Micro Continues To Grow With Manila Center|url=https://www.gizguide.com/2017/09/ingram-micro-new-manila-center.html|access-date=2021-01-29|website=GIZGUIDE {{!}} Your Gadget Coach}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-27|title=Ingram Micro Marks a Milestone – 10 Years of Rocking|url=https://business.inquirer.net/271392/ingram-micro-marks-a-milestone-10-years-of-rocking|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-29|website=INQUIRER.net|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Agcaoili|first=Lawrence|title=US IT giant puts up new facility in Taguig|url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2017/09/10/1737753/us-it-giant-puts-new-facility-taguig|access-date=2021-01-29|website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

Ingram Micro built a presence in areas adjacent to its traditional distribution business, including enterprise computing, [[automatic identification and data capture]] (AIDC); point-of-sale (POS); managed, professional and warranty maintenance services; mobility; physical security; and [[consumer electronics]].