BUYCOMP.COM -- The Internet Computer Superstore Welcomes John Sculley to Board of Directors.ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1998--BuyComp, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (www.buycomp.com), a leading Internet-only computer retail store, Tuesday announced that John Sculley John Sculley (born April 6 1939) was president of PepsiCo during the 1970s and early 1980s, until he became CEO of Apple on April 8 1983, a position he held until leaving in 1993. Sculley is currently a partner in Sculley Brothers, a private investment firm formed in 1995. , Partner, Sculley Brothers, LLC and former chief executive officer of Apple Computer, has joined the company's board of directors effective immediately. "It is my intention to bring to the board Mr. Sculley's maturity, wisdom and experience that is necessary to run a successful company," said Scott Blum, founder and president of BuyComp, LLC. "I look forward to Mr. Sculley's guidance and advice to help management form important business decisions." "I am delighted to be a part of such a high-growth internet company with the true entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. spirit," said John Sculley. "I believe in this company and its corporate strategy. I hope to play an integral role in helping to shape the future direction of this company, as well as reach the milestones already put in place by the current board of directors." Current board members include Bill Richion, former Hewlett Packard vice president and director of the U.S. Sales operation; Jim Roszak, former president of the Life Insurance Company, Transamerica Life Companies; Wayne Thorson, president, Thorson Industries; Don Kendall Ken·dall , Edward Calvin 1886-1972. American biochemist. He shared a 1950 Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning the hormones of the adrenal cortex. , co-founder and former chairman and chief executive officer, PepsiCo.; Scott Blum, founder and president of BuyComp LLC. About John Sculley John Sculley is currently a partner with his brothers Arthur and David in Sculley Brothers, a family investment capital firm, which focuses on media enabling technologies, Internet Services and consumer businesses. The Sculleys are active in approximately twenty companies in Silicon Valley, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Bermuda and Israel. The company's multimedia investments include: NetObjects; Live Picture; Zapa Digital Arts; Veon; SoftVideo; Cambridge Display Technologies; and Sirius Thinking. The company's internet service investments include Intralinks, Live World Productions, PeopleScape, and Greentree. Sculley Brothers is based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . About BuyComp LLC BuyComp LLC, The Internet Computer See Internet appliance and network computer. Superstore su·per·store n. A very large retail store that stocks highly diversified merchandise, such as groceries, toys, and camera equipment, or a wide variety of mechandise in a specific product line, such as computers or sporting goods. , is an online retail Web site complete with detailed product information and comparisons on over 30,000 computer hardware and software products. With guaranteed low prices, the BUYCOMP.COM Web site includes specific product categories such as buycomputers, buynotebooks, buystorage, etc. The BUYCOMP.COM Web site also includes a custom search engine, providing fast and efficient ways to make buying decisions and purchase computer products instantly. Founded in October 1996, BuyComp is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in Aliso Viejo. BuyComp can be found at www.buycomp.com. For additional information, visit the company's Web site at www.buycomp.com or contact Franny Kirchoff at franny@buycomp.com.
CONTACT: BuyComp LLC, Aliso Viejo
Franny Kirchoff, 949/425-5212
franny@buycomp.com
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