WWT opened its first warehouse in 1996 and operates more than 20 facilities with five million square feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space.[17][18]
In 1999, Telcobuy.com, LLC, was founded as a separate company, owned by WWT, Steward and Kavanaugh.[19] Telcobuy planned an initial public offering of about $100 million, but as the dot-com bubble burst, the plan was withdrawn in the early 2000s recession. In January 2003, it was merged back into WWT under a holding company.[20]
WWT created its first large-scale integration lab in St. Louis to increase capacity for secure system configuration.[21] Additional integration labs were established in Europe and Asia, with locations in Amsterdam and Singapore opening in 2015,[22] and Mumbai in 2019.[23]
In 2009, WWT opened its Advanced Technology Center to allow engineers, customers and partners to evaluate hardware and software.[24][25] The Advanced Technology Center was made accessible online.[26]
In a lawsuit filed in March 2025, it was alleged that Missouri state officials in the Office of Administration unlawfully favored World Wide Technology when awarding lucrative IT contracts in a manner that bypassed competitive bidding laws.[28]
Golf
World Wide Technology hosts the World Wide Technology championship, a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament debuted in 2007 and is played on the El Cardonal golf course at the Diamante Cabo San Lucas resort.[29]
Acquisitions
World Wide Technology purchased Baltimore, Maryland-based Performance Technology Group in January 2010 for an undisclosed amount.[30]
In 2015, WWT acquired St. Louis software company Asynchrony.[31]
In 2025, WWT completed the acquisition of Softchoice Corporation.[32]
↑ Murphy, Andrea (November 25, 2024). "AMERICA'S TOP PRIVATE COMPANIES". Forbes. Retrieved June 27, 2025. World Wide Technology; Missouri; IT Software & Services; Revenue: $20B
↑ Boyle, John (June 4, 2025). "From Idea to Outcome: How WWT Is Leading the AI Security Conversation at Scale". Security Boulevard. Retrieved June 27, 2025. With a global workforce of over 12,000, and a deep bench of trusted technology partners, WWT has positioned itself as a rare blend of scale, security expertise and hands-on innovation.
↑ Boyle, John (June 4, 2025). "From Idea to Outcome: How WWT Is Leading the AI Security Conversation at Scale". Security Boulevard. Retrieved June 27, 2025. With a global workforce of over 12,000, and a deep bench of trusted technology partners, WWT has positioned itself as a rare blend of scale, security expertise and hands-on innovation.
↑ "The Billionaires Behind The Secret Tech Mecca In America's Heartland". Forbes. August 8, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020. In 1990, World Wide Technology became a humble reseller of printers, computers and telephonic equipment…Steward hired Kavanaugh very early on in the company's run, eventually recognizing that their two halves made an exceptional whole and giving Kavanaugh an ownership stake.
↑ "Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aims To Deliver 5G Simplification". Forbes. April 2, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020. ODIM is a partner led effort by HPE and Intel, but also includes a number of ecosystem partners such as Red Hat, Tech Mahindra and IT equipment and services provider World Wide Technology.
↑ "Intel Quietly Becoming A Player On The 'Edge'". Forbes. April 13, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020. The company says it is doubling its edge deployments year over year. For the network edge, partners include Lenovo, Red Hat, Advantech, Caswell, Inventec, Lanner, Nexcom, World Wide Technology, Ericsson, ZTE, Verizon, Vodafone, Nokia, China Telecom and many more.
↑ "DoD Is Auditing the Process that Won Tanium Government Contracts". Bloomberg News. May 28, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2020. Tanium, along with partner World Wide Technology, won a $750 million contract to increase security of Army networks late last year. It was the largest contract of its kind to originate from the DIUx office, which was created in 2015 to reach newer technology companies that aren't traditional Pentagon contractors.
↑ "WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh's 10 Boldest IT Bets And Myths For 2020". CRN. January 17, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020. Kavanaugh plans to invest millions in net new hires to attack fast growing market segments while also doubling down on the innovation strategies from the likes of Cisco and VMware. to resell hardware and software.
↑ "World Wide Technology (WWT)". The New Black Pages. March 31, 2025. Retrieved July 16, 2025. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, WWT employs over 12,000 individuals and operates more than 5 million square feet of warehousing, distribution, and integration space across 20+ facilities worldwide.
↑ "The Billionaires Behind The Secret Tech Mecca In America's Heartland". Forbes. August 8, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020. Kavanaugh swipes his badge and enters the so-called Advanced Technology Center. Here his company, World Wide Technology, has assembled thousands of hardware and software offerings from Microsoft, Cisco, Dell and more than 100 other tech firms in one place. An army of engineers (3,000 strong) are on hand to run demos, conduct bake-offs and make recommendations.
↑ Knox, Samir (March 14, 2025). "World Wide Technology closes on $1.3B deal for Canadian firm". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved June 27, 2025. World Wide Technology (WWT) on Thursday announced that it closed on its $1.3 billion acquisition of a Canadian public company. World Wide Technology Holding Co. LLC, a nearly $20 billion provider of technology products and services for large businesses and government entities, said its acquisition of Toronto-based Softchoice Corp. "broadens" its client base, and gives its customers " access to a more comprehensive portfolio of software, cloud, cybersecurity and AI solutions." The deal was originally announced in late December.
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