Tech Data Corporation
POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms 3, 4, 5, 144 and ID

	Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles V. Dannewitz, Senior Vice President of
Taxes and Treasurer or Danyle L. Anderson, Director, Investor Relations
and Shareholder Services of Tech Data Corporation (the Company), or
their duly appointed successors, signing singly, the undersigneds true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4,
5, 144 and ID in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5, 144 and ID,
and the timely filing of such forms with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5, 144
and ID with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of
November 2003.

      /s/ Richard Pryor-Jones
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Signature