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Geza Czige or Geza Csige (born 1947) is a Hungarian-American entrepreneur. He is noted for founding the technology distributor Ingram Micro, one of the largest companies in the United States. He was also a school teacher.
Biography
[edit]Little is recorded about Czige's early life, except that he was born in Hungary sometime in 1947. He was already working as a teacher when he immigrated to the United States. He married Lorraine Czige also an educator and settled in Southern California. It is said that husband and wife founded the company Micro D, where they applied their academic expertise to the logistics and sales of educational software and computer products. After one year of operations, the couple was able to achieve $3.5 million in sales.[1]
By 1985, Czige met with Phillip M. Pfeffer and Steven J. Mason, who was then serving as the president and CEO of Ingram Book Company. During this period, Czige and his wife were no longer running the day-to-day operations of the company. Czige, for instance, was already replaced as chairman by Linwood Lacy.[2] The meeting with Pfeffer and Mason led to acquisition of Micro D. It was reported that Czige expressed dissatisfaction with the business and just did not see any future in it, leading to the company's eventual sale to Ingram Book Company.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Talevski, Julia (2019-07-31). "The changing tides of distribution: Ingram Micro 40 years on". ARN. Retrieved 2026-08-11.
- ↑ Lazzareschi, Carla (1985-07-26). "Micro D Inc. Names New Chairman-Chief Executive". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
- ↑ Hunt, Keel (2021). The Family Business: How Ingram Transformed the World of Books. Graphic Arts Books. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-5132-8959-5.