Thomas Siebel
Thomas M. Siebel (born November 20, 1952 in Chicago , Illinois ) is the founder and former main shareholder of Siebel Systems (1993; IPO 1996). Siebel is a billionaire and one of the richest and most prominent entrepreneurs in the United States .
Prior to founding Siebel Systems, Siebel was the chief executive officer of Gain Technology , a multimedia software company that merged with Sybase in December 1992 . From 1984 to 1990 he was a manager in various senior positions at Oracle . Siebel is a member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Illinois College of Engineering . He is a board member of the Montana Historical Society . He is known to the American public as a prominent speaker on business 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 at Urbana-Champaign . He is a Bachelor of Arts in History, Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in the subject Computer Science ( computer science ).
In 2001, he donated 32 million US $ to his alma mater , the Department of Computer Science of the University of Illinois , for the establishment of the Siebel Center for Computer Science , which opened in the spring of 2004. In November 2003, he spent $ 70 million to start UpShot Corp. to buy the software designed for online sales on the internet.
2005 the majority shares of Siebel Systems were taken over by Oracle.
In 2013 Siebel was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
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| SURNAME | Siebel, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Siebel, Thomas M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American industrialist, billionaire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |