John W. Sidgmore, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

John W. Sidgmore

American businessman

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1951

Date of Death: 11-Dec-2003

Profession: business executive

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About John W. Sidgmore

  • John W.
  • Sidgmore (April 9, 1951 – December 11, 2003) became the Chief Executive Officer of UUNET Technologies in June 1994.
  • UUNET was purchased by MFS, later taken over by WorldCom, which eventually bought MCI.
  • He later became WorldCom's Chief Operations Officer.
  • Sidgmore worked to revive WorldCom after disgraced CEO Bernard Ebbers left.
  • Sidgmore was instrumental in beginning to turn around the failed company, revealing to federal investigators an $11 billion accounting fraud, left over from Ebbers' management of the company. John Sidgmore died suddenly on December 11, 2003 at the age of 52 from kidney failure.
  • He is survived by his wife Randi, and their son, Michael.

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