Jim Kavanaugh

Jim Kavanaugh (b. 1963) is an American businessman serving as the CEO of World Wide Technology.[1]

Jim Kavanaugh
Born1963 (age 57–58)
United States
Alma materSaint Louis University
OccupationCEO of World Wide Technology
Net worth2.3 billion (2020)
Board member of
Children3
Websitewww2.wwt.com/people/jim-p-kavanaugh/

Sports involvement

Kavanaugh played soccer at Saint Louis University. In 1983, he was selected as MS amateur player of the year and competed for the United States in the 1983 Pan American Games.[2]

In 1986, Kavanaugh was drafted to the Los Angeles Lazers, a Major Indoor Soccer League team, as the second pick in the first round of the professional soccer draft.[3] After a short stint in the league, Kavanaugh turned to a career in business. Kavanaugh became the president of the board at St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club and Saint Louis FC board in 2012. He is a co-owner of the St. Louis Blues hockey team.[2][4]

World Wide Technology
Main article: World Wide Technology
Kavanaugh with President George W. Bush in 2008

In 1990, Kavanaugh joined David Steward in the latter's newest business venture, World Wide Technology, a company that provides technology products services. In 1999, World Wide Technology spun off its telecommunications division to form Telcobuy.com. Sales for the two companies continued to grow, although revenues slipped in 2002 as World Wide Technology felt the impact of the technology recession. In 2003 combined reported revenues passed $1 billion, and World Wide Technology Holding Company was formed as the parent company for the two firms.[5][6] WWT expanded its campus with a new headquarters in Westport Plaza in 2017.[7]

Kavanaugh directed the company to develop innovation labs that would be a "playground for super-smart people" and house cutting-edge equipment to deliver faster, better results to customers.[7] This idea led to the creation of WWT's Advanced Technology Center (ATC), a collaborative ecosystem to design and deploy innovative technology products and integrated architectural solutions for the marketplace.[8]

Awards
  • 2010: Saint Louis University Business Hall of Fame.[9]
  • 2007: EY Entrepreneur of the Year[10]
  • 1998: Forty under 40[11]

References
  1. "About Us". WWT.
  2. Lyons, Joe (July 26, 2015). "Questions with St. Louis FC's Jim Kavanaugh". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  3. "Lazers Trade Garcia, Kavanaugh". Los Angeles Times. February 21, 1987. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  4. "Jim Kavanaugh Honored by St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame". slubillikens.com.
  5. "Company History". World Wide Technology. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  6. "Great Rated! Names World Wide Technology as One of the Best Workplaces in Technology". MarketWatch.
  7. Feldt, Brian (January 13, 2017). St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2017/01/13/how-world-wide-technology-used-innovation-to.html. Retrieved February 2, 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. Barker, Jacob (June 14, 2015). "World Wide Technology readies strategy for continued growth". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  9. Business.slu.edu
  10. "Local Entrepreneur of the Year winners announced". St. Louis Business Journal.
  11. "Forty Under 40". St. Louis Business Journal.
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