TECHNOLOGY - Sept. 5, 1996
Times Staff and Wire Reports
Merisel President Resigns: Merisel Inc. said its president and operating chief, Ronald Rittenmeyer, resigned, citing the struggling computer wholesaler’s sell-off of major units. Chairman and Chief Executive Dwight Steffensen will assume Rittenmeyer’s duties effective Oct. 1, Merisel said. The El Segundo-based company, which last week said it would sell its European, Latin American and Mexican operations, determined that it no longer needed two senior-level executives. Merisel’s remaining operations consist of its U.S. and Canadian distribution operations, the ComputerLand franchise and Datago Aggregation segment, and a minority interest in a distribution business in Russia. Those units produced $4.6 billion in revenue in 1995.
