If there’s one thing that keeps Tech Data Corp. CEO Rich Hume up at night, it’s making sure the Clearwater-based IT distributor’s strategy is on the right track.
Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) is the largest company headquartered in Tampa Bay, with nearly $38 billion in annual revenue, 15,000 employees in offices in more than 40 countries, and 125,000 customers. On a day to day basis, the company runs itself and executes well, Hume told Moez Limayem, dean of the University of South Florida Muma College of Business, at the college’s Conversation with a CEO program. But Hume and his leadership team remind themselves often that they set the direction of the company and are responsible for the livelihood and prosperity of the 15,000 workers. “Then it gets real personal,” Hume said.
