Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 8, 2002
DAVID R. LITTLE is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DXP
Enterprises. Mr. Little is a 1974 graduate of Texas A&M University with
a BBA in Accounting. He began his career as a Staff Accountant with
Price Waterhouse. In 1975 he joined Southern Engine & Pump Company
(Sepco). Mr. Little rose from Staff Accountant to Controller, to Vice
President of Finance, and was appointed President in 1983. In 1986 Mr.
Little led the purchase of the company using a leveraged buyout. At the
time of the buyout, the company's sales were $20 million annually. Today
sales exceed $140 million annually. Profile
Mr. Little: DXP was founded as Southern Engine and Pump Company
in 1908. The company was rechartered in 1979 as Sepco Industries
and
