CDW

CDW is a multi-brand provider of integrated information technology solutions, headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, and operating across the United States. Founded in 1984 as Computer Discount Warehouse (formerly MPK Computing), the company began as a catalog seller of IBM-compatible PCs and has since evolved into a full-service technology solutions provider. Technical work spans cloud computing, security, digital workspace, and infrastructure solutions, applied to help organizations maximize return on technology investments.

The company serves thousands of organizations across the business, government, education, and healthcare sectors, and is ranked No. 199 on the Fortune 500 and included in the S&P 500 Index. It employs approximately 13,900 people, referred to internally as coworkers, and is led by Chair and CEO Christine Leahy.

CDW's origin story is unusually modest for a company of its scale: it was started as a one-person operation with $3 and a used computer, seeded by a three-line newspaper advertisement. From that beginning it grew into a Fortune 500 company, and the firm has emphasized adaptation to changing market needs over its decades in business - a shift from hardware resale toward integrated solutions delivery.