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Future Electronics Inc. is a distributor of electronic and electro-mechanical components headquartered in Pointe-Claire, Quebec. Founded in 1968 by reclusive billionaire Robert Miller, the company is one of Quebec's largest privately owned companies and is currently the fourth largest electronics distributor in the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 25 Global Franchised Distributors )〕 It operates in 169 locations in 42 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Future Electronics also operates an Advanced Engineering Group of field applications engineers in several countries to assist circuit design engineers with product selection and engineering support. The company had in the past separated its operations into two complementary businesses, Future Global for large customers and Future Active/Industrial (FAI) for small to mid-sized customers. In 2008, Future Global and FAI were combined into a single operation. In 2014 its revenues were $5 billion. ==History== Founder Robert Miller attended college in the United States in the 1960s. After graduation, he worked as a D.J. at a broadcasting company, but soon moved to a job for an electronics supplier. In 1968, he left his job to form Future Electronics with a partner, Eli Manis.〔 When he started the business, Miller once worked every day for more than two years without taking a day off, often putting in 16 hour workdays.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Future Electronics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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