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‘We need to trust our employees’: This billionaire CEO went from counting cars in the parking lot past 6pm to embracing hybrid work

Jim Kavanaugh headshot (Credit: Courtesy of World Wide Technology)

Jim Kavanaugh isn’t afraid to admit it: He probably hasn’t always been everyone’s favorite boss.

The former pro soccer player-turned entrepreneur began building out World Wide Technology in 1990, growing the Missouri-based firm into an IT solutions giant with $20 billion in annual revenue. But along the way, he held a simple view of what it takes to succeed: You have to put in the work.

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