Background

• One of the largest employee-owned companies in North America since 1929
• Leading distributor of high-quality electrical, communications and networking products, and specializes in related supply chain management and logistics services
• Through its distribution network of nearly 240 North American locations, Graybar stocks and sells hundreds of thousands of items from thousands of manufacturers
• Founded in 1869 by inventor Elisha Gray and entrepreneur Enos Barton
• Incorporated as Graybar Electric on Dec. 11, 1925
• 2009 marked the company's 140th anniversary and 80 years of employee ownership

Annual Revenue

• 2009: $4.4 billion
• 2008: $5.4 billion
• 2007: $5.2 billion

Accolades, Awards & Affiliations

• No. 455 on the 2010 FORTUNE 500 ranking of America's largest companies
• On the FORTUNE World's Most Admired Companies list for the ninth consecutive year (2010)
  • No. 2 in the Wholesalers: Diversified industry category of the FORTUNE World's Most Admired Companies list for the third consecutive year (2009)
• In 2009, ranked highly in several subcategories on the FORTUNE World's Most Admired Companies list:
  • No. 1 in Management Quality
  • No. 1 in Long-Term Investment
  • No. 2 in Financial Soundness
  • No. 2 in Quality of Product and Services
  • No. 4 in Use of Assets
  • No. 6 in People Management
  • No. 10 in Innovation
• No. 64 on the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies list (2009)
• No. 2 on the Human Resource Executive "Most Admired in HR" list (2009)
• No. 23 on the Selling Power "Top 50 Companies to Sell For" list (2009)
• No. 14 on the National Center for Employee Ownership Top 100 ranking (2009)
• On the 2009 InformationWeek 500 annual ranking of the best and brightest business technology innovators for the seventh consecutive year
• No. 6 on the 2010 Modern Distribution Management Electrical Market Leaders list (2010)
• Premier Healthcare Alliance's Supplier Performance Award recipient (2010)
• National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Premier Partner
• Independent Electrical Contractors Association (IEC) Original Platinum Partner
• Member of the U.S. Green Building Council since 2008
• ISO 9001:2000 Registered

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