Last Updated: 19 Nov, 2023 | Views: 311
Age: 71
Profession: Business Men
Other Profession(s): Software Developer, Businessperson
Famous For: Founder of Siebel Systems C3.ai Inc
Higher Education: B.A. in history, an M.B.A., an M.S.
Net Worth: US $3.7 Billion
About Thomas Siebel - Biography
Thomas M. Siebel, an American billionaire businessman, technologist, and author, was born on November 20, 1952. Siebel is famously known for establishing the enterprise software company Siebel Systems and currently serves as the founder, chairman and CEO of C3.ai – an artificial intelligence software platform and applications company.
Early Life and Education of Thomas M. Siebel
• Arthur Francis Siebel was his father who was a lawyer from Harvard University and Ruth A. Siebel was his mother when he was born in Chicago.
• Being raised in a Lutheran family; Thomas was one among seven children.
Thomas Siebel Business Career
• During this period, Thomas served in different positions within Oracle Corporation starting from a mid-level manager.
• Subsequently to this merger in December 1992; Seibel became the CEO of Gain Technology which had been a multimedia software company.
• In fact, he founded Siebel System which by 1999 had become the fastest growing technology company in America having more than 8000 employees working in over thirty different nations with annual revenue amounting to over $2 billion.
• It is worth mentioning that Oracle acquired Seibel Systems in January 2006.
Thomas Siebel: Founder of C3.ai
• C3.ai, a software company that specializes in large-scale enterprise artificial intelligence, was founded by Siebel in 2009.
• C3.ai offers enterprise AI software products that employ machine learning and neural networks.
• With a valuation of $2.1 billion, the company appeared on CNBC’s 2019 Disruptor 50 list and took part in fighting COVID-19 through AI-driven initiatives.
• “Digital Transformation,” Siebel’s book published in July 2019, explains how modern information technology affects business organizations as well as governments and societies.
• At C3.ai, programs were introduced by Siebel advocating “self-learning corporate culture” which provided incentives to employees for their education.
Thomas Siebel Philanthropy
• The foundation started by him is known as the Siebel Foundation which supports a number of causes .
• Siebel’s generous contributions to the University of Illinois led to the creation of a number of endowed professorships there as well as the building for computer science named after him.