Charles Avnet

Charles Avnet (1888–1979) was an American businessman who founded electronics parts distributor Avnet.

Biography Avnet was born to a Jewish family in 1888 in Russia.

In 1921, Avnet began buying surplus ham radio parts and selling them to the public on Radio Row in the lower Manhattan He died in 1979; services were held at Congregation Beth Sholom in Long Beach, New York.