David Steward There are three kinds of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. Company: World Wide Technology Location: St. Louis, Missouri Website: www.wwt.com

Biography:
World Wide Technology CEO and prominent businessman David Lloyd Steward was born on July 2, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, Navy veteran, Harold Lloyd Steward and Dorothy Elizabeth Massingale Steward moved back to his mother's hometown, Clinton, Missouri two months after Steward's birth. Growing up in rural Clinton, Steward attended colored Lincoln School, then, integrated Franklin School with classmate Janet Brame in 1957. Steward, a Life Scout and basketball all-star, graduated from Clinton Senior High School in 1969. He earned his B.S. degree in business administration in 1974 from Central Missouri University.

In 1990, he founded World Wide Technology. Founded with a staff of four people and 4,000 square feet of office space, WWT has grown to employ over 900 employees in one million plus square foot facilities with over $3 billion in sales. WWT specializes in supplying technological and supply chain solutions to its customers, suppliers and partners. WWT is considered the Top Cisco Growing Technology Company and has received countless awards for excellence including several outstanding minority supplier awards gaining an elite status with industry leading manufacturers, Alcatel, Dell, Fujitsu, IBM, HP, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Lucent, and Microsoft. WWT obtained the status of the most successful African American owned business in America with Steward featured in Black Enterprise magazine and other publications.

Steward serves on numerous boards and committees including: Civic Progress of St. Louis; The Regional Business Council; Webster University; Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Harris-Stowe State College African American Business Leadership Council. In 2005, Steward served as Campaign Chair for the United Way of Greater St. Louis. That same year, Steward's book, Doing Business By The Good Book was published.

Steward lives in the St. Louis area with his wife, Thelma. They have two adult children.

Availability:
Available as a public speaker and technology consultant.