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Thomas Siebel in 2013
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Thomas M. Siebel November 20, 1952 Chicago, Illinois |
Residence | Woodside, California |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | B.A., M.S., M.B.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Occupation | Software developer and investor |
Known for | Founder of Siebel Systems |
Net worth | $2.0 billion (May 2014) |
Spouse(s) | Stacey Siebel |
Children | four |
Parent(s) | Arthur F. Siebel Ruth Schmid |
Website | Thomas M |
Thomas M. Siebel (born November 20, 1952) is an American business executive. He is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of C3 IoT, an IoT (Internet of Things) platform and applications company. He is the Chairman of First Virtual Group, a diversified holding company with interests in investment management, commercial real estate, agribusiness, and philanthropy.
Siebel was born in Chicago, one of seven children of Arthur Francis Siebel, a Harvard-educated lawyer, and Ruth A. (née Schmid) Siebel, a housewife. He has five brothers and one sister: Frances Cihak; Richard (who served as Cook County Commissioner), James, William, Robert, and John. His family was Lutheran. Siebel is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received a B.A. in history, an M.B.A., an M.S. in computer science, and an honorary doctorate of engineering.
From 1984 through 1990, Siebel was an executive at Oracle Corporation, where he held a number of management positions. Siebel served as chief executive officer of Gain Technology, a multimedia software company that merged with Sybase in December 1992. Siebel was the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Siebel Systems, which was acquired by Oracle in January 2006. Siebel is the chairman of First Virtual Group, a diversified holding company.