FOUNDED
1979
GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS
Seattle, Washington
REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS
London, Dubai, Singapore & Shanghai
PEOPLE
Over 15,300 Employees Worldwide
2015 REVENUE
$6.6 Billion
Traded on NASDAQ
Fortune 500, S&P 500, NASDAQ 100 Company
1979
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. is registered as a single office ocean forwarder in Seattle, Washington
1981
The founders of Expeditors Peter Rose, James Wang and Glenn Alger join Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. with a focus that is new to the industry - a one stop shop for transportation and customs brokerage with door to door service.
1984
Expeditors becomes publicly traded on the NASDAQ (EXPD).
1990
Our motto, “You’d be surprised how far we’ll go for you,” is introduced to reinforce our commitment to customer service.
1998
Gross Revenue tops $1 billion for the first time.
2006
Entering the Fortune 500 list, Expeditors stands out as Fortune’s #1 Most Admired Company in our industry.
2014
A 31 year veteran of Expeditors, Jeff Musser, becomes President and Chief Executive Officer.
In 1981 we served 4 countries with 6 locations in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Singapore.
Today we serve 109 countries with 331 total locations.
Our unique agreement with agent offices provides a way to effectively manage our customers’ business in certain markets where we see various barriers to operating our own offices. We seek to partner with agents who offer exclusive agreements, demonstrate financial stability, and are aligned with our compliance directives.
2015 Revenue
$6,616,632
2015 Personnel
15,397
Air Freight
$2,740,583
41.4%
Ocean Freight
$2,194,004
33.2%
Customs Brokerage, Distribution, Transcon & Other
$1,682,045
25.4%
We focus on systems and technologies that give our customers the tools needed to manage their global networks and provide efficiency for our operations staff.
In-House Development and Implement of Our Core Systems Supports Customer Requirements and Company Strategies
Deploy Uniform Systems Globally
Provide Global Network Visibility
Focus on Cyber Security
Local IS Support at Every Branch, and Four International Support Centers
Advanced Reporting and Analytics
Organization
Knowledgeable, Professional Employees Support Our Systems and Our Customers’ Data 24x7
Development by Our Own IS Staff
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Our Objectives are
End to end logistics services with customer specific solutions
Standard global systems architecture
Strong culture focused on customer satisfaction
Empowered workforce
Emphasis on global compliance
Efficiency and consistency through process management and optimization
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