Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> December 27, 1999
RANDALL W. WHITE is President and Chief Executive Officer of Educational
Development Corporation, the exclusive United States trade publisher of
a line of children's books produced in the United Kingdom by Usborne
Publishing Limited. Mr. Randall came to EDC in 1983 as Controller, after
serving as Chief Financial Officer of Nicor Drilling in Tulsa. He was
promoted to President and CEO of EDC in 1986. Mr. White graduated from
Oklahoma State University in 1963 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Accounting. He has had a long association with OSU, serving as Chairman
of the College of Education Associates for six years, and is an active
member of the College of Business Associates, IBA-Fennimore Society and
is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the OSU Foundation. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief background or historical summary of EducationalDevelopment Corporation.
Mr. White: Historically, this was a very small publicly traded company
on NASDAQ. I came to the