PAUL BAY
CEO
INGRAM MICRO
WHY: Leads Irvine-based electronics and technology colossus, largest company by sales with headquarters in Orange County.
IN THE NEWS: Ingram Micro started trading as a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 24. IPO raised $409 million in proceeds, while the company had a market cap of $5.8B at the end of the first day of trading.
NOTABLE: Company has been expanding beyond its traditional core business of distribution to include cloud, marketing services and supply chain offerings.
QUOTABLE: “We were well over-subscribed, and we got great investor response about the opportunity that lies in front of us,” Bay told Bloomberg News in an interview.
