Louis Science Center United Way of Greater St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association Missouri Technology Corporation, appointed by the Governor of Missouri Webster University BJC Health System First Banks, Inc. Steward has served on committees and boards that include: Civic Progress of St. World Wide Technology's 2018 revenue is estimated to be greater than $11 billion, which would rank it as one of St. In 2003 combined reported revenues passed $1 billion, and Steward formed World Wide Technology Holding Company as the parent company for the two firms. 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 1999 World Wide Technology spun off its telecommunications division to form. In 1993, WWT concentrated its focus on the implementation of enterprise wide imaging, conversion services, and telecommunication networks. In 1990, Steward founded World Wide Technology, a systems integrator. He is also a founder of Telcobuy, a global technology and supply chain management company. He owned Transportation Business Specialists and Transport Administrative Services in the years leading up to founding World Wide Technology. Business career Īfter graduating from college, Steward worked at Wagner Electric as a production manager (1974–1975), a sales representative at Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (1975–1979), and a senior account executive at Federal Express (1979–1984), where he was recognized as salesman of the year and inducted into the company's hall of fame in 1981. Steward received his BS degree in business from Central Missouri State University in 1973. 'I vividly remember segregation-separate schools, sitting in the balcony at the movie theater, being barred from the public swimming pool,' notes Steward, who was among a small group of African-American high-school students who integrated the public swimming pool in Clinton in 1967. As a child growing up in Clinton, Steward faced poverty and discrimination.

In 1953, the family moved to Clinton, Missouri. Steward was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Dorothy Elizabeth Massingale, a homemaker, and Harold Lloyd Steward, a mechanic. He was ranked 239th on the Forbes 400 list of American billionaires in 2019. Īccording to Forbes, in 2019 Steward was one of 13 black billionaires worldwide. He is chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, one of the largest African-American-owned businesses in America. Steward (born July 2, 1951) is an American billionaire businessman. Chairman and founder of World Wide Technologyĭavid L.

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