Jim Kavanaugh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Kavanaugh
Jim K.jpg
Born1963 (age 58–59)
United States
Alma materSaint Louis University
OccupationCEO of World Wide Technology
Board member of
Children3
Websitewww2.wwt.com/people/jim-p-kavanaugh/

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

Sports involvement[]

Kavanaugh played soccer at Saint Louis University. In 1983, he was selected as MS[expand acronym] 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[]

Kavanaugh with President George W. Bush in 2008

In 1990, Kavanaugh joined David Steward in the latter's business venture, World Wide Technology, a company that provides technology products and services. Serving as CEO, he 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.[5] 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.[6]

Awards[]

  • 2010: Saint Louis University Business Hall of Fame.[7]
  • 2007: EY Entrepreneur of the Year[8]
  • 1998: Forty under 40[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "About Us". WWT.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ 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)
  6. ^ Barker, Jacob (June 14, 2015). "World Wide Technology readies strategy for continued growth". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  7. ^ Business.slu.edu
  8. ^ "Local Entrepreneur of the Year winners announced". St. Louis Business Journal.
  9. ^ "Forty Under 40". St. Louis Business Journal.
Retrieved from ""