Thomas C. Nelson
{{Short description|American businessman and CEO (born c.1961)}}
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| alma_mater = Stanford University
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| occupation = Businessman
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| term = 1999-
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| spouse = Anna Wildy Spangler
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Thomas Craig Nelson (born 1961/1962) is an American businessman, and the chairman, CEO and president of National Gypsum, a company wholly owned by the Spangler family, since 1999.
Early life
He is the son of Mr and Mrs Nels Richard Nelson of Glenview, Illinois, an IBM marketing executive in Chicago.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/14/style/t-c-nelson-weds-anna-spangler.html|title=T. C. Nelson Weds Anna Spangler|author=|date=14 October 1990|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=28 July 2018}} His parents are both immigrants from Sweden.{{cite web |url=https://www.boardroominsiders.com/executive-profiles/5846/National-Gypsum-Company/Thomas-Craig-(Tom)-Nelson |title=Executive Profile {{!}} National Gypsum Company {{!}} Thomas Craig (Tom) Nelson |website=www.boardroominsiders.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728160937/https://www.boardroominsiders.com/executive-profiles/5846/National-Gypsum-Company/Thomas-Craig-(Tom)-Nelson |archive-date=2018-07-28}}
Education
Nelson earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University in 1984, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1988.{{cite web |title=Executive Profile: Thomas C. Nelson |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=75694&privcapId=6313902 |website=Bloomberg LP |accessdate=28 July 2018}}
Career
Nelson was vice chairman and chief financial officer of National Gypsum from 1995 to 1999, and has been the chairman, CEO and president since 1999.
Personal life
In 1990, Nelson married Anna Wildy Spangler, a Wellesley College graduate, a fellow 1988 Harvard Business School graduate, and a fellow partner in Wakefield Group, a Charlotte, N.C. venture capital firm. She is the daughter of Clemmie Spangler.
They have two daughters, and live in Charlotte, North Carolina.{{cite web|url=https://knightfoundation.org/about/staff/anna-spangler-nelson|title=Anna Spangler Nelson - Knight Foundation|author=|date=|website=Knight Foundation|accessdate=28 July 2018}}
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Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Harvard Business School alumni
Category:People from Glenview, Illinois