Tandy

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Tandy

COMPANY

Founded 1919 by Norton Hinckley and Dave L. Tandy as the Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company. It acquired Radio Shack in 1963. In 2000 Tandy was renamed to Radio Shack.

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
(defunct)

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jeff Hawkins Inventor 1-Jun-1957 Inventor of the Palm Pilot and Treo

Jon A. Shirley Business 1938 President and COO of Microsoft, 1983-90

Charles Tandy Business 15-May-1918 4-Nov-1978 Radio Shack

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Frank J. Belatti Business c. 1948 Founder of AFC Enterprises

James I. Cash, Jr. Educator c. 1948 Harvard Business School, 1976-2003

Jack L. Messman Business c. 1940 CEO of Novell, 2001-06

William G. Morton, Jr. Business c. 1937 CEO of Boston Stock Exchange, 1985-2001

Thomas G. Plaskett Business c. 1943 CEO of Pan-Am, 1988-91

Charles Tandy Business 15-May-1918 4-Nov-1978 Radio Shack

Edwina D. Woodbury Business c. 1952 CFO of Avon, 1993-98

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