Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 19, 2000
JOHN SIDGMORE is Vice Chairman of WorldCom, Inc. Mr. Sidgemore had been
President and Chief Executive Officer of UUNET Technologies, now a
WorldCom company, since June 1994. Since that time, UUNET has become the
world's largest Internet access provider, with more than 70,000 business
customers and 7,000 employees worldwide. Under Mr. Sidgmore's
leadership, UUNET grew from $6 million in revenue in 1994 to over $3
billion today. UUNET also completed the third most successful initial
pubic offering on NASDAQ in 1995. Mr. Sidgmore was instrumental in
UUNET's $2 billion merger with MFS Communications Company and became
President of the combined companies in August 1996. With the follow-on
$14 billion merger between MFS and WorldCom, Inc., he became Vice
Chairman and Chief Operations Officer of WorldCom. Mr. Sidgmore has been
featured in the Wall Street Journal, The NY Times, Time, Newsweek,
BusinessWeek, and many other magazines. He was recently named by Upside
Magazine as the most influential communications executives in the US.
Prior to joining UUNET, Mr. Sidgmore was President and Chief Executive
Officer of CSC Intelicom (formerly Intelicom Solutions) since 1989. Mr.
Sidgmore sold Intelicom Solutions Corporation to Computer Sciences
Corporation in 1991 and remained as CEO of CSC Intelicom until June
1994. For 14 years previous to his association with CSC Intelicom, Mr.
Sidgmore was with General Electric Information Services (GEISCO), most
recently as Vice President and General Manager of GEIS North America.
Mr. Sidgmore received his BA in Economics from the State University of
New York in 1973. Profile
WorldCom, Inc.?
Mr. Sidgmore: We just announced our earnings recently, and we reported
earnings up 44% over last year. Revenues
