CDW was founded in 1984 by Michael Krasny who took a small add in a free-circulation newspaper to sell his computer and printer. The company later became Computer Discount Warehouse and then simply CDW. In 1993, the company completed its first public offering and became listed on the NASDAQ. In 1998, CDW-G was created to further support government and education customers. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDW LLC. CDW is a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company with multi-national capabilities, CDW employs more than 8,000 account representatives, highly skilled technology specialists and advanced service delivery engineers and field coworkers across the United States. We have an expansive network of offices near major cities, including Reston, Virginia. Our headquarters is in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Our broad array of offerings range from discrete hardware and software products to integrated IT solutions such as mobility, security, data center optimization, cloud computing, virtualization and collaboration. We are technology “agnostic,” with a product portfolio that includes more than 100,000 products from more than 1,000 brands. CDW debuted on the Fortune 500 in 2001, at Number 435. CDW’s rise in the rankings highlights its sustainable, profitable growth over the years, from $4 billion in sales in 2001 to over $16 billion in 2018. CDW now ranks at number 191 on the FORTUNE 500 list, and third within the Information Technology Services category. CDW ranks at No. 5 on CRN’s 2018 Solution Provider 500 list.