EXHIBIT 23.3

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

      We have issued our report dated May 8, 2001, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of Kent Electronics Corporation and Subsidiaries as of
March 31, 2001 and for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2001
appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Avnet, Inc. for its fiscal year
ended June 28, 2002, which Report is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8. We consent to the incorporation by reference
in this Registration Statement of the aforementioned report.

/s/Grant Thornton LLP

Houston, Texas
October 31, 2002