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Jabil Inc.
Public
Traded as JBL
S&P 400 Component
Industry Electronics Manufacturing Services
Founded 1966; 52 years ago (1966)
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Founder William E. Morean and James Golden
Headquarters St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Number of locations
23 countries
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mark Mondello, CEO
Tim Main, Chairman of the Board
William E. Peters, President
William D. Muir, Jr., COO
Revenue Increase US$ 18.3 billionUSD (2013)
Decrease US$ 511.4 millionUSD (2013)
Decrease US$ 371.4 millionUSD (2013)
Total assets Increase US$ 9.1 billionUSD (2013)
Total equity Increase US$ 2.3 billionUSD (2013)
Number of employees
177,000+
Website www.jabil.com

Jabil Inc. is a United States-based global manufacturing services company. Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, it is one of the largest companies in the Tampa Bay area. Jabil has 90 facilities in 23 countries, and 175,000 employees worldwide.

The company's name derives from the first names of James Golden and William (Bill) E. Morean, who together founded the company in 1966. Jabil was formally incorporated in Detroit in 1969. An early product was PCBs.

In the 1980s, the company was making parts for PC companies like Dell, and this continued through the mid 1990s.

The company went public in 1993. In 1998, Jabil began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol JBL. The company was added to the S&P 500 Index in 2001. The company was moved from the S&P 500 Index to the S&P MidCap 400 Index in 2014.

On March 1, 2013, Jabil appointed William E. Peters as President and William D. Muir, Jr. as Chief Operating Officers. Both had been with Jabil for more than 20 years. On the same day, Mark Mondello was appointed to CEO, replacing Timothy Main, who was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors. The appointments were sparked by the retirement of Board Chairman William D. Morean, the son of one of the Jabil founders.

The company reports on its website that it operates 90 plants in 23 different countries.

The company was moved from the S&P 500 Index to the S&P MidCap 400 Index in 2014. Jabil announced that it is closing its first European international plant in Livingston, UK in 2017. 266 employees will be losing their jobs in Livingston, UK. Jabil laid off approximately 400 people in Sept 2016, 100 of those being corporate employees located in St. Petersburg Florida.

In April 2018, Jabil Inc established a global network of 3D printing.

Jabil customers span numerous industries, including healthcare, life sciences, clean technology, instrumentation, defense, aerospace, automotive, computing, storage, consumer products, networking and telecommunications. Its services include design engineering, manufacturing and supply chain services for the EMS and consumer industries; and materials technology services (plastics, metals, automation and tooling). Jabil diversifies their business into three areas.


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