Strategy

Wesco’s Core Business Transformation Strategy, from its CEO

We analyze the Wesco CEO's insights shared at our 2024 event, where he detailed the company’s transformative journey of integrating Anixter, alongside scaling, innovating and maintaining a resilient culture.

November 7, 2024

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Lead image: Wesco International CEO John Engel (right) speaks with MDM's Tom Gale (left) during a fireside session at MDM's SHIFT Conference on Sept. 13 in Denver. All photos by MDM.

Wesco International changed the competitive landscape of electrical distribution with its acquisition of Anixter in January 2020, combining two equal-sized Fortune 500 companies in one of the most rapidly consolidating sectors of U.S. wholesale distribution — but still one that had not seen a blockbuster of this scale. Wesco tops

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