Micro Center
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The Ultimate Computer Store
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| Private | |
| Founded | Columbus, Ohio 1979[1] |
| Founder | John Baker and Bill Bayne[citation needed] |
| Headquarters | Hilliard, Ohio, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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25 |
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Key people
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Richard M. Mershad, CEO & Edward A. Mershad, Vice President of Micro Electronics. |
| Products | Computers, Consumer Electronics & Accessories |
| Revenue | $1.84 billion [1] |
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Number of employees
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2,500[citation needed] |
| Parent | Micro Electronics, Inc. |
| Website | microcenter.com |
| Footnotes / references * Forbes magazine estimate |
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Micro Center is an American computer department store founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1979 by two former Radio Shack employees. The first Micro Center store was a 900 sq ft (84 m2) storefront located in the Lane Avenue Shopping Center in Upper Arlington, Ohio. There are 25 Micro Center stores nationwide in 16 states.
Micro Center is a subsidiary of Micro Electronics, Inc., a privately held corporation headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio. In addition to selling the name brand products of a multitude of manufacturers, Micro Center also sells products under a variety of its own brand names. These brand names include PowerSpec, WinBook, and IPSG.
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