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This answer is from I lost track of my Tandy Electronics 401k after the company was sold.

PAMAVED
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PAMAVED said
9 months ago

Dear Kristen , thank you for your reply.
I was layed off, when that happened most of the people I worked for went to work for different companies. I was unable to locate them because I was a merchandiser on the road and the company was in TX. .Because of that I had little knowledge that the company was being sold and there was only a few people I was in contact with on the job.
I don't know the fund provider, and have tried unsuccessfully contacting my former supervisor Al XXXX.. he
might have gone to Samsung?
I was raising 2 small twin girls as a single mother and did not have the resource to keep track of where the company went and who went them, I did become homeless with my girls for a while also living with different relative and trying to start over . and now that they are grown and I am in a better position to search for my 401 k. I have bee looking aggressively. I did find a term called "Orphaned 401 k"
I also called the Tandy Elec.Corp about 2 years ago and just got the run a round w/ HR The only response to my questions and concerns was that " Tandy was sold" ,, that was all they could tell me. I just recently learned , the Headquarters .. 1800 one Tandy Center Fort Worth TX is no longer,
Thus far :
Tandy sold to AST Computers 1992
AST Computers sold to AST Research
AST Research sold to Samsung 2003

One more of important info is I worked for the Division of Memtek Products under the Tandy name.
This as far as I have gotten,What do you suggest ? Samsung is a huge company not sure how to go about asking about Al XXXXX ..............his is the only name I have..
Thank you
Pam

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