Charles Betty

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.