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摘要

Private for 20 years, Synnex may be the biggest tech outfit you've never heard of. That may change soon. Robert T. Huang's life has always revolved around international business. In 1955, Huang's father moved his company, Nichidai Trading, from Taiwan to Osaka to be closer to Western markets. "It was good timing," Huang says. Japan's economy was just starting to blossom, as was an American yen for Chinese noodles—Nichidai Trading manufactured the paper boxes used to export the tasty noodles around the world. "My father did very well," says Huang.