Thomas Sandgaard
{{Short description|Colorado-based Danish entrepreneur and inventor}}
{{upe|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Thomas Sandgaard
| birth_name =
| birth_place = Denmark
| nationality = Danish/American
| education = MBA
| alma_mater = Copenhagen Business School
| occupation = Entrepreneur, inventor
| yearsactive = 1996-present
| known_for = Charlton Athletic,
}}
Thomas Sandgaard is a Danish entrepreneur and inventor based out of Colorado.{{cite news |title=Charlton trust will take time - Sandgaard |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53837348 |accessdate=9 September 2020 |work=BBC Sport}}{{cite news |title=Charlton boost as wealthy businessman plots purchase of crisis club |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/charlton-boost-wealthy-businessman-thomas-sandgaard-buy-club-a4525056.html |accessdate=9 September 2020 |work=Evening Standard |date=14 August 2020 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Dansker vil betale 400 millioner for engelsk traditionsklub |url=https://finans.dk/erhverv/ECE12348762/dansker-vil-betale-400-millioner-for-engelsk-traditionsklub/?ctxref=ext |accessdate=9 September 2020 |work=FINANS |date=17 August 2020 |language=da}} Sandgaard is the founder and CEO of Zynex Inc.{{cite news |title=Zynex's Thomas Sandgaard says stubbornness serves him well |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/print-edition/2012/06/29/zynexs-thomas-sandgaard-says.html?page=all |accessdate=14 August 2020 |work=www.bizjournals.com}}
Career
Sandgaard was born and raised in Denmark. He obtained his BSc in electrical and electronics engineering from University of Southern Denmark. He graduated from Copenhagen Business School with an MBA degree in marketing. In 1996, he moved to the United States and later in 2018, he gained US citizenship.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}In 1996, he founded Zynex Inc.{{cite news |title=This Colorado CEO plays guitar, but it's his addiction-destroying device that's the rock star |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2020/02/28/zynex-medical-thomas-sandgaard.html |accessdate=14 August 2020 |work=www.bizjournals.com}} and in August 2018, he founded The Sandgaard Foundation with a goal to end the opioid epidemic and save lives from opioid overdose.{{cite news |title=Tighter focus, additional funding crucial to combat opioid crisis, group says |url=https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190731/tighter-focus-additional-funding-crucial-to-combat-opioid-crisis-group-says |accessdate=14 August 2020 |work=dispatch.com}}
In September 2020, Sandgaard acquired Charlton Athletic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5f6de1155eab9/thomas-sandgaard-acquires-charlton-athletic-football-club|title = Thomas Sandgaard acquires Charlton Athletic Football Club}}
On 21 July 2023, Sandgaard sold Charlton Athletic to Global Football Partners.{{Cite web|url=https://www.charltonafc.com/news/global-football-partners-purchase-charlton-athletic|title = GLOBAL FOOTBALL PARTNERS PURCHASE CHARLTON ATHLETIC}}
Patents obtained by Thomas Sandgaard
- Method and apparatus for non-invasively detecting blood volume imbalances in a mammalian subject (20190150761), 2019{{cite web |title=METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-INVASIVELY DETECTING BLOOD VOLUME IMBALANCES IN A MAMMALIAN SUBJECT |url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20190150761 |website=patents.justia.com |accessdate=14 August 2020}}
- Methods and apparatus for estimating a blood volume of a mammalian subject (20120016246), 2012{{cite web |title=METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A BLOOD VOLUME OF A MAMMALIAN SUBJECT |url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20120016246 |website=patents.justia.com |accessdate=14 August 2020}}
- Electromyogram-triggered neuromuscular stimulation device and method (20050113883), 2005{{cite web |title=Electromyogram-triggered neuromuscular stimulation device and method |url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20050113883 |website=patents.justia.com |accessdate=14 August 2020}}