David stewart biography

American businessman

David Lloyd Steward (born 1951) is an American billionaire businessman. He is chairman and founder of World Wide Technology,^[3] one of the largest African-American-owned businesses in America.^[4]

He was ranked 344th on the Forbes list of worldwide billionaires in 2024 with an estimated net worth of US$11.4 billion.^[5]

Early life

Steward was born in 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Dorothy Elizabeth Massingale, a homemaker, and Harold Lloyd Steward, a mechanic.^[4][6] In 1953, the family moved to Clinton, Missouri.

As a child growing up in Clinton, Steward faced poverty and discrimination.^[7]

"I vividly remember segregation—separate schools, sitting in the balcony at the movie theater, being barred from the public swimming pool," notes Steward, who was among a small group of African-American high-school students who integrated the public swimming pool in Clinton in 1967. ^{Toggle share options JACEW}