Thomas Siebel

Thomas M. Siebel ( born November 20, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is the founder and former majority shareholder of the company, Siebel Systems ( 1993 IPO 1996). Siebel is a billionaire and one of the wealthiest and most prominent operators in the United States.

Prior to founding Siebel Systems, Siebel worked as CEO (Chief Executive Officer ) at Gain Technology, a multimedia software company that merged in December 1992 with Sybase. 1984 to 1990 he was a manager in various management positions at Oracle. Siebel is a member of the Board of Advisors of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois. He is a board member of the Montana Historical Society. He is known among the American public as a prominent spokesman for economic issues, and he is the author of three books Taking Care of eBusiness, Cyber ​​Rules and Virtual Selling.

Siebel is a graduate of the University of Illinois. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History, Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Computer Science ( computer science ).

In 2001, he donated U.S. $ 32 million to his alma mater, the Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, for the establishment of the Siebel Center for Computer Science, which opened in spring 2004. In November 2003, he spent 70 million U.S. $ to the company UpShot Corp.. to buy, developed the software for online sales on the Internet.

2005, the majority of shares of Siebel Systems was acquired by Oracle.

Siebel 2013 was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.