Nabih's Inc. was a consumer electronics retailer and information technology consultant business that operated for 40 years in the downtown area of Evanston, Illinois, near the Northwestern University campus.[1][2] Founded by Nabih Mangoubi, the business was one of the oldest Apple Inc. authorized resellers, selling and servicing Apple equipment since 1978,[3] before its closure in 2012.
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer repair, Computer retail |
| Founded | 1972 in Evanston, Illinois |
| Founder | Nabih Mangoubi |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Fate | Dissolution |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Chicago Metropolitan Area |
| Products | Apple Inc. computers and accessories |
| Website | http://www.nabihs.com/ |
History
editNabih Mangoubi (born c. 1948[3] in Egypt) founded Nabih's Inc. in 1972 at the age of 24.[4] Mangoubi, an Egyptian Jew, emigrated with his family to the United States as refugees of the mass expulsion of Jews in Egypt between 1956 and 1957. Mangoubi's father had been a 20-year veteran of the Banque Misr in Cairo when the expulsion forced him to leave two years before he could collect his retirement pension. Between the 1950s and 1960s, the Mangoubi family was forced to slowly sell their possessions to buy time before they could emigrate. When they arrived in Chicago in 1966, they had with them only the equivalent of $20 in 1993 and some clothing.[5]
Nabih's Inc. started out as a reseller of electronic office equipment, chiefly calculators.[6] In 1978 they became one of the first Apple Inc. authorized resellers and began stocking Apple IIs and peripherals.[3] By 1981 they also stocked equipment from Alpha Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, and Vector Graphic.[4]
References
edit- ^ Wolinsky, Howard (June 27, 2003). "Apple Stores have taken business from dealers, other retailers". Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago, Illinois. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ Wolinsky, Howard (January 31, 1996). "But Consumers Keep on Buying". Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago, Illinois. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ a b c Jargon, Julie (March 21, 2005). "Apple eats its own". Crain's Chicago Business. Chicago, Illinois: Crain's Communication. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Staff writer (October 1981). "Nabih's Inc". Datamation. 27 (11). Reed Business Information: 32 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ Haveli, Charles Chi (April 5, 1993). "The 'Other' Mideast Refugees". St. Louis Dispatch. Pulitzer Publishing: 3B – via ProQuest.
- ^ Proceedings of the Teachers College Board of the State of Illinois. State of Illinois, Department of Registration and Education. 1974. p. 35 – via Google Books.
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