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King Cotton is alive and well in Memphis. Homegrown Dunavant Enterprises is one of the largest cotton traders in the world, handling more than 6 million bales of cotton per year. The company, which grew by selling aggressively to China and the Soviet Union, maintains cotton-buying offices in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and the southern US. Dunavant also maintains cotton ginning operations, which have a capacity of handling 700,000 bales (or more than 150,000 metric tons) of cotton every year. Dunavant Enterprises is owned by the Dunavant family and company employees.
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3797 New Getwell Rd.
Memphis, TN 38118
| | Phone: | 901-369-1500 | | Fax: | 901-369-1608 |
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| Financial
Highlights | | Fiscal Year End: | June | | Revenue (2007): | 1500.00 M | | Revenue Growth (1 yr): | 11.10% | | Employees (2007): | 3,000 | | Employee Growth (1 yr): | (-0.10%) |
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Key People
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Chairman:
William B. (Billy) Dunavant Jr.
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President and CEO:
William B. Dunavant III
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