Jim Kavanaugh
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- IT provider
- Industry
- Technology
- Residence
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Education
- St. Louis University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Biography
Jim Kavanaugh is the CEO of IT provider World Wide Technology.
With David Steward, he started the St. Louis-based company in 1990 by selling computers and printers to telecom companies like AT&T.
Kavanaugh personally fulfilled one of the company's first orders by renting a truck and driving 500 PCs to Omaha.
WWT is now a $20 billion (sales) company that sells software and hardware to customers including Citi, Verizon and the federal government.
Before starting WWT, Kavanaugh was a professional soccer player and was on the 1984 Olympic team.
Kavanaugh was appointed to the board of St. Louis-based Stifel Financial in 2022.
About
Kavanaugh is part owner of the St. Louis Blues NHL team and a new Major League Soccer expansion team in St. Louis, announced in August 2019.