World Wide Technology, Inc.

What does World Wide Technology do?

WWT designs, integrates, and deploys technology infrastructure for large enterprises, carriers, and government agencies. It combines hardware and software from vendors like Cisco and NVIDIA into tested solutions, often validated in its Advanced Technology Center before deployment.

Is World Wide Technology publicly traded?

No. WWT is privately held and has been since its 1990 founding. Founder David Steward is chairman and principal owner, and co-founder Jim Kavanaugh is CEO.

Who founded World Wide Technology?

David Steward and Jim Kavanaugh founded WWT in July 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. Steward remains chairman and is the controlling owner.

Where is World Wide Technology headquartered?

WWT is headquartered at its campus in Maryland Heights, Missouri, part of the St. Louis metropolitan area. It operates more than 60 locations worldwide.

How many employees does World Wide Technology have?

WWT employs more than 14,000 people across more than 60 locations, serving customers in up to 130 countries. The Softchoice acquisition added further staff in the US and Canada.

What is World Wide Technology's revenue?

WWT generates approximately $20 billion in annual revenue, making it one of the 20 largest private companies in the United States and the largest Black-owned company in the country.

David Steward and Jim Kavanaugh founded WWT in July 1990 in St. Louis. Steward, a former salesman at Federal Express and television station executive, started the company as a reseller of technology equipment with a focus on government contracts. Steward's minority business enterprise certification opened doors to federal procurement programs that favored diverse suppliers.

Through the 1990s and 2000s the company grew from a value added reseller into a systems integrator. It built logistics and configuration capabilities that let it ship pre-staged equipment to thousands of customer sites, a model that became its competitive base. Telecommunications carriers became anchor customers as WWT managed equipment rollouts for network builds.

The company crossed $1 billion in revenue in the mid 2000s and kept compounding. It opened the Advanced Technology Center in 2013, formalizing the test before you buy model that now drives its enterprise business. International expansion followed, with offices across Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

The AI infrastructure boom of 2023 through 2026 hit WWT's core strength. Building GPU clusters for enterprises and service providers requires exactly the multi vendor integration and logistics the company had spent decades building. Revenue reached approximately $20 billion.

In January 2025 WWT completed a $1.3 billion acquisition of Softchoice, a Toronto based software and cloud solutions provider focused on Microsoft licensing and midmarket customers. The deal added a $1 trillion total addressable market according to company executives and extended WWT into smaller commercial accounts it had not historically served. The cybersecurity practice alone reached roughly $4 billion in 2025.

WWT has avoided major regulatory actions. It has faced occasional litigation typical of a large federal contractor, including past qui tam and employment disputes that were resolved without material admission. As a private company it discloses little, and its government contracting work draws periodic scrutiny over MBE program compliance, though no adverse findings have been made public.