Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 9, 2001

Charles Betty – Earthlink Inc (elnk)

CHARLES (GARRY) BETTY is Chief Executive Officer of Earthlink, Inc. Before joining EarthLink, Mr. Betty spent some quality time ' and a harrowing ski trip ' with Sky Dayton, the then 23-year-old founder of EarthLink. In those meetings, he recognized EarthLink's enormous potential and was immediately smitten with the possibilities. Since joining the company in 1996, Mr. Betty has seen EarthLink grow from being a small regional ISP with less than 100,000 members, to a national brand with more than 1.7 million members, second only to rival America Online. He also remains a hometown hero, and was named the Georgia Institute of Technology's Young Alumnus of the Year and received the Atlanta Business Chronicle's 'Outstanding Young Person' award. Before joining EarthLink, Mr. Betty served as President and CEO of Digital Communications Associates, Inc. (DCA), and was the youngest CEO on the New York Stock Exchange. He also served as Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and International Operations at Hayes Microcomputer Products, and has been credited with turning the modem into a consumer commodity. His career began at IBM, where he gained experience in purchasing, materials management, corporate contracts, product management and management of subcontracted manufacturing operations. He received IBM's prestigious President's Excellence Award in 1982 for his work associated with the IBM Personal Computer. Mr. Betty graduated in 1979 from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. Profile
TWST: Would you mind providing our readers with a brief overview of

EarthLink?

Mr. Betty: EarthLink is the second largest Internet Service Provider in

North America with more than 4.7 million