Portrait of Jim Kavanaugh

Rank #491

Jim Kavanaugh

Net worth $7.7B

IT provider · United States

Born
Oct 17, 1962
Age
63
Source
IT provider
Residence
St. Louis, Missouri
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, St. Louis University

Net worth over time

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.
  • 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.