ODPOffice Depot / Parent organization

Office Depot was founded in 1986 and opened its first store in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In late 1987, David I. Fuente assumed the post of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the fledging company, and took Office Depot public in 1988.

Bruce Nelson Bruce Nelson is an American businessman and former CEO of Office Depot.

F. Patrick SherOffice Depot / Founder Office Depot was founded in October 1986 by F. Patrick Sher, Stephen Doughtery, and Jack Kopkin, who became the company's chairman and chief executive officer, the president, and executive vice president respectively.

a a room or set of rooms in which business, professional duties, clerical work, etc., are carried out. b (as modifier) office furniture, an office boy. 2 often pl the building or buildings in which the work of an organization, such as a business or government department, is carried out.

October 1986Office Depot / Founded Office Depot, Inc. is a global supplier of office products and services. The company was incorporated in 1986 with the opening of our first retail store in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

At Office Depot, our goal is to provide our customers the tools and resources they need to focus on their passion of starting, running and growing their business. To do this effectively, we incorporate our 5C Culture in everything that we do, focusing on Customer, Commitment, Change, Caring and Creativity.

Through its banner brands Office Depot®, OfficeMax®, CompuCom® and Grand&Toy®, the company offers its customers the tools and resources they need to focus on their passion of starting, growing and running their business.

40+ public Web sites outside of North America:

• Austria:www.officedepot.at and www.vikingdirekt.at.
• Belgium:www.officedepot.be (Dutch); www.office-depot.be (French);www.vikingdirect.be (Dutch), www.viking-direct.be (French);
• China:www.officedepot.com.cn and www.officedepot.cn.
• Costa Rica:www.officedepot.co.cr.

a a room or set of rooms in which business, professional duties, clerical work, etc., are carried out. b (as modifier) office furniture, an office boy. 2 often pl the building or buildings in which the work of an organization, such as a business or government department, is carried out.

Your office might have a depot in the back where supplies are stored. Depot came into English from the French word dépôt, meaning "a deposit, place of deposit." A depot can be a place like a warehouse where items are temporarily deposited, but we also use it for a train or bus station.

Office Depot sells to customers in 60 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.