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EarthLink CEO Garry Betty Dies of Cancer at Age 49

Authored by dmw on January 3, 2007 - 11:12am.
Atlanta – Gary Betty, CEO of EarthLink, who joined the company in 1996 and helped grow it from a small regional, Internet service provider into one of the largest ISPs in the country, has died of cancer at the age of 49. Betty took a leave of absence in November after being diagnosed with a serious form of cancer.

"He was a pillar of stability for his many friends and thousands of EarthLink employees," Sky Dayton, founder of EarthLink and CEO of Helio wrote on a memorial website on Wednesday. "I was the guy that built the plane, and he was the pilot, each of us complementing one another’s particular skill."

Related Links:
http://gbetty.ning.com
http://www.earthlink.net

Published in DMW Daily, January 3, 2007
tags: Internet | Tech | ISP | Portals | EarthLink | Gary Betty |



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