| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 25, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
David S. Wetherell BORN 1954, Manchester, Conn. EDUCATION BA, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1976. ACADEMIC LOW POINT Nearly failing the first computer-programming course he took in high school. JOB CEO of CMGI, the hot Internet holding and venture-capital company. Its sizzling share price is up 31,500% since its 1994 IPO. FAVORITE CMGI WEB SITES AltaVista, because the portal is his on-ramp to the Net, and MyWay.com, a service that allows businesses and consumers to make their own custom Web portals. VALUE OF CMGI STAKE A YEAR AGO $180 million. VALUE OF CMGI STAKE TODAY $1.6 billion. HOURS ON THE NET EACH DAY Four to five. HOURS OF SLEEP EACH NIGHT Four to five. WORST INVESTMENT DECISION Took a pass on becoming lead investor of eBay. FIRST INDULGENCE AS A MILLIONAIRE Bought an 1888 Steinway & Sons baby grand piano. LATEST INDULGENCE AS A BILLIONAIRE Bought a Bombardier Challenger personal jet. HOW HE UNWINDS Poker games, playing jazz on his piano, and birdwatching. Also played first base and catcher with the Arlington (Mass.) Yankees, senior men's baseball league. FAMILY Married, with two daughters and a son. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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 RELATED ITEMS David Wetherell: Internet Evangelist COVER IMAGE: David Wetherell: Internet Evangelist CHART: CMGI's Rocketing Shares TABLE: David Wetherell's Internet Empire RESUME: David S. Wetherell PHOTO: David Wetherell, Age 5 One Big Happy Family--But for How Long? Lycos: The Chick That Didn't Fly the Coop ONLINE ORIGINAL: Should You Invest In the Companies CMGI Invests In? INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
