Jim Estep
President & CEO
High Technology Foundation
SAMANTHA CART
Photo by David Robinson.
“DO WELL BY DOING GOOD.”
This quote by Benjamin Franklin inspires Jim Estep, presi-
dent and CEO of the High Technology Foundation, in his con-
viction to ensure his life and career ultimately contribute to the
greater good.
Growing up in Braxton County, Estep’s childhood dream of
being a Dr. Pepper truck driver in a scheme to access free soda
eventually gave way to his insatiable curiosity for technology.
“I wasn’t a computer genius or anything close to it, but I
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had to understand how they worked and how they could be
used,” he sa