Thomas Neir

Thomas Neir
Born	2 September Kirkland, Washington, United States
Alma mater	University of Washington and the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia
Occupation	Partner in Cow Hollow Associates, LLC Former Chief Executive Officer and founder of, Pacific Coffee Company (until May 2005)
Children	2

Thomas Neir is currently a partner in Cow Hollow Associates, LLC He also founded and was the Chief Executive Officer of the Pacific Coffee Company from the time of the company's founding until May 2005. Neir had also been a hi-tech company executive and senior financial analyst.

Neir is married with two sons.

In 2012 Thomas Neir joined the board of Seattle Tilth, and was appointed to Kirkland, Washington's Transportation Commission in 2009 and is currently Chairman.

In 1979, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Washington. In 1988, he received an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia.

Since 1988, Neir had worked for a California-based hi-tech company, Tandem Computers, as senior financial analyst and marketing analyst. In late 1990, Neir was transferred to Hong Kong as area finance manager.

In Hong Kong, Neir discovered that there was a lack of European-style coffee houses. He set up the Pacific Coffee Company, targeted at top business persons and senior executive-level customers in Hong Kong. The first retail outlet was located in the Bank of America Tower, Central, Hong Kong.

The number of Pacific Coffee Company stores and outlets is over 90 in Hong Kong and over 400 locations in Asia.

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