#7: Channel Influencers of the Year

Each fall, the Channel Futures edit team takes stock of the year that was and looks forward to the year ahead. Then we put our collective heads together to think about who reallly influenced the channel that year, and who might carry that influence into the next 12 months.

So in February, we unveiled our 50 Channel Influencers of the Year, putting a special spotlight on TD Synnex’s Rich Hume and Upstack’s Christopher Trapp. The pair led an M&A revolution — Hume leading what would become a combined Tech Data and Synnex, a now enormous distributor — and Trapp for the roughly 16 acquisitions his company made in the agent space in the course of a year. (That number is higher now.)

Go here to download our digital issue featuring all 50 Influencers and a dual cover story on our Influencers of the Year.