Remember the little Crutchfield consumer electronics catalog that used to keep showing up in your mailbox back in the day? You know the one where you could order a Kenwood tape deck or a set of Pioneer speakers or an Amp for you car? If you’re too young to remember just ask your parents.
Well that simple idea of bringing the world mail order electronics at the turn of a page turned out to be quite a tremendous business opportunity for Founder and CEO Bill Crutchfield.
Take a ride through any city neighborhood and you’ll hear trunks rattling and doors shaking from the thunderous bass of the music being played by teenagers and twenty-somethings alike from Tokyo to the dirty south.
The phenomenon all started because of Bill Crutchfield who made it as easy as picking up the phone to get must have electronics equipment shipped to your doorstep. This was before there was a Best Buy or Circuit City on every corner. Make no mistake…Crutchfield was ahead of the game. The company was founded in 1974.
And now the man who was way ahead of his time is finally being recognized for his contributions to electronics and gadget aficionados the world over.
Founder and CEO William Crutchfield has been voted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame.
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) created the CE Hall of Fame in 2000 to recognize the pioneers of the Consumer Electronics industry and has honored more then 110 industry leaders including inventors, engineers, business executives, retailers and journalists. Read.
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