Exhibit 99.1

Avnet Inc. to Present at the CSFB Annual Technology Conference, the Lehman
Brothers T4 2004 Conference and the Raymond James IT Supply Chain Conference

     PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2004--Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT) today
announced Avnet will be presenting at several technology conferences over the
next 30 days.
     Roy Vallee, Avnet's chairman and chief executive officer, will present at
the CSFB Annual Technology Conference to be held at the Phoenician Hotel in
Scottsdale, Ariz., on Nov. 30, 2004 at 10 a.m. Mountain time. Vallee will also
be presenting at the Lehman Brothers T4 2004 Conference to be held at the
Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on Dec. 9, 2004 at 2 p.m. Pacific time.
     Ray Sadowski, Avnet's senior vice president and chief financial officer,
will be presenting at the Raymond James IT Supply Chain Conference to be held at
the InterContinental Hotel in New York on Dec. 9, 2004 at 10:20 a.m. Eastern
time.
     All of these Avnet presentations will be broadcast live over the Internet
at www.ir.avnet.com. Interested parties should logon to the Web site 15 minutes
prior to the presentation time to register for the event and download any
necessary software.
     Also available at www.ir.avnet.com are other recent webcasts, a calendar of
events, downloadable slide presentations, and other investor information.

     About Avnet

     Avnet enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing
cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000
customers and 250 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to
a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and
embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth
and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and
realize cost efficiencies. Avnet generated more than $10 billion in revenue in
fiscal 2004 (year ended July 3, 2004) through sales in 68 countries. Visit
Avnet's Investor Relations Web site at www.ir.avnet.com or contact us at
investorrelations@avnet.com.

     CONTACT: Avnet Inc., Phoenix
              Vincent Keenan, 480-643-7053 (Investor Relations)
              investorrelations@avnet.com