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An interview with Garry Betty
with Garry Betty on Feb 27, 2001
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with Garry Betty on Feb 27, 2001
Garry Betty was President and CEO of EarthLink, a large American Internet service provider, from 1996 until his death.
He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia where he received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1979. After that he worked for IBM, and received the IBM President’s award in 1982 for his work on the original IBM PC. Betty subsequently became president and CEO of Digital Communications Associates and for some time he was the New York Stock Exchange’s youngest listed CEO. Betty also received Young Alumnus of the Year honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1993 and was inducted into the Georgia Technology Hall of Fame in 2005.