Shoplet.com was founded in 1994 by Tony Ellison, a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs. The company was the first to offer consumers and businesses alike the ability to purchase office products online and now features the largest selection anywhere on the internet. Since the company's inception it has emerged as the disruptive force in the office supplies industry. Long dominated by brick-and-mortar titans such as Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples, Shoplet.com has become a true threat to these players as we continue to garner an increasing share of the U.S. office supplies market valued at $250 billion. The online portion of the office supplies industry is exploding from just 5% in 2005 to a projected 60% online by 2011.