Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 25, 2004
THOMAS I. MORGAN is President and Chief Executive Officer of Hughes
Supply, Inc. He joined the company in April 2001 as President and Chief
Operating Officer and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2003.
Previously he served as Chief Executive Officer for EnfoTrust Network in
Atlanta, Georgia, Value America in Charlottesville, Virginia, and US
Office Products in Washington, DC. Mr. Morgan began his career in 1975
at Genuine Parts Company, where he worked for 22 years in positions of
increasing responsibility throughout the organization. He concluded his
service there as Executive Vice President of S.P. Richards Co., a $1.1
billion subsidiary of GPC. In addition to serving as a Director of
Hughes Supply, he also serves on the Boards of Rayonier, Inc., a leading
international forest products company engaged in activities associated
with timberland management; SunTrust Central Florida, the region's
largest financial institution; Enterprise Florida, a public-private
partnership responsible for leading Florida's Economic Development; and
the Boys and Girls Club of Central Florida. He is also a member of the
Florida Council of 100, a private, nonpartisan organization which
functions in an advisory role to the Governor, promotes the economic
growth of Florida and improves the economic well-being and quality of
life of its citizens. Mr. Morgan is a graduate of the University of
Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Profile
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Mr. Morgan: Hughes was founded in 1928 in Orlando, Florida, by the
Hughes family. Hughes started
