Sky Dayton is the CEO of HELIO, Inc. (formerly SK-EarthLink), a joint venture between EarthLink and SK Telecom, one of the most advanced mobile operators in the world. Sky founded ...read more
Sky Dayton is the CEO of HELIO, Inc. (formerly SK-EarthLink), a joint venture between EarthLink and SK Telecom, one of the most advanced mobile operators in the world. Sky founded EarthLink in 1994 at the age of 23 and helped usher the Internet revolution. As a friendly, tech-savvy ISP, EarthLink today serves more than five million customers and generates more than $1.4 billion in annual revenue. Sky founded Boingo Wireless in 2001, the award-winning network that connects more than 20,000 global hot spots and helped turn Wi-Fi into mainstream technology. In 1999, Sky and former Disney Internet chief Jake Winebaum started eCompanies, an Internet incubator and venture fund that launched several successful recent ventures, including JAMDAT Mobile (NASDAQ: JMDT), LowerMyBills and Business.com.