Thomas Siebel#Philanthropy

Siebel was born in Chicago as one of the seven children of Arthur Francis Siebel, a Harvard-educated lawyer, and Ruth A. (née Schmid) Siebel.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131224093201/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-01-27/news/0601270034_1_siebel-ruth-grandmother Chicago Tribune: "Obituary - Siebel, Ruth A."] January 27, 2006[http://news.wilmettelibrary.info/1691826/data?n=14 Wilmette Public Library newspapers Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Nov 1955, p. 1] retrieved April 2, 2013{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/brownalumnimonth878brow/brownalumnimonth878brow_djvu.txt|title=Full text of "Brown alumni monthly"|date=May 1987 |publisher=|access-date=17 May 2016}} He graduated from the University of Illinois, where he received a BA in history, an MBA, an MS in computer science,[https://archive.today/20130410164956/http://www.businessweek.com/1997/34/b354170.htm Businessweek: "TOM SIEBEL--CEO, Siebel Systems Inc." By Gabrielle Saveri] August 14, 1997 and an honorary doctorate of engineering.[http://www.news.illinois.edu/news/06/0213honoraries.html University of Illinois News Release: "Four Chosen to Receive Honorary Degrees at U. of I. May Commencement" By Sharita Forrest] February 16, 2006

Siebel was an executive at Oracle Corporation between 1984 and 1990, holding several management positions.[https://www.forbes.com/2000/12/15/1215topexecssiebel.html Top Tech Execs: Tom Siebel], Forbes[http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/09/oracle1.html Tom Siebel], Fast Company He was CEO of Gain Technology, a multimedia software company that merged with Sybase in December 1992. Siebel later founded Siebel Systems, where he was chairman and CEO before the company was acquired by Oracle in January 2006.{{

cite web | first1 = Tom | last1 = Siebel | first2 = Bronwyn | last2 = Fryer | date = 1 March 2001 | url = http://harvardbusiness.org/product/high-tech-the-old-fashioned-way-an-interview-with-tom-siebel-of-siebel-systems/an/R0103H-PDF-ENG | title = High-Tech the Old-Fashioned Way: An Interview with Tom Siebel of Siebel Systems | work = Harvard Business | publisher = Harvard Business School | access-date = February 13, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{

cite press release | first1 = Bob | last1 = Wynne | first2 = Krista | last2 = Bessinger

| title = Oracle Completes Acquisition Of Siebel | publisher = Oracle Corporation

| url = http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2006_jan/sieb_cl.html

| date = January 31, 2006 | access-date = February 14, 2011}} He is the chairman of First Virtual Group, a diversified holding company.

Siebel Systems was a software company primarily engaged in the design, development, marketing, and support of customer relationship management (CRM) applications. As an executive at Oracle Corporation, Siebel proposed creating enterprise software applications for marketing, sales, and customer service functions, but Oracle management declined his proposal.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} In 1993, Siebel left Oracle and founded Siebel Systems.{{cite web |last1=Hawn |first1=Carleen |title=The Man Who Sees Around Corners |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/0121/072.html#4cbe2f9862ff |work=Forbes |access-date=13 September 2019}} By 1999, Siebel Systems had become one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the United States.{{cite web |last1=Saracevic |first1=Alan |title=Siebel Systems is nations fastest- growing tech firm |url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Siebel-Systems-is-nations-fastest-growing-tech-3272086.php |website=sfgate.com |date=16 November 1999 |publisher=Hearst |access-date=13 September 2019}} Before merging with Oracle in January 2006, Siebel Systems grew to over 8,000 employees in 32 countries, with more than 4,500 corporate customers, and annual revenue exceeding $2 billion.{{cite web |title=Interview with Thomas M. Siebel |url=http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2019.3_Jul/ROB/LEADERS-Thomas-Siebel-C3.html |website=Leaders Online |publisher=Leaders Magazine |access-date=13 September 2019}}

Siebel initiated a program at C3.ai in 2019 that pays 100 percent of the costs for employees to complete an online master's degree in computer science (MCS) program from the University of Illinois. Employees who complete the MCS degree receive a salary increase of 15 percent, a cash bonus of $25,000, and additional stock options.{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Susan |title=Billionaire Tom Siebel Is Offering His Employees The Most Generous Education Benefit Ever |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2019/06/05/billionaire-tom-siebel-is-offering-his-employees-the-most-generous-education-benefit-ever |work=Forbes |access-date=19 September 2019}}{{better source needed|reason=Biased source|date=March 2025}}

Siebel has held advisory and board positions at institutions including Stanford, the University of Illinois, and the University of California, Berkeley.[http://etl.stanford.edu/handouts/0001_aut_speakerbio/tomsiebel.html Stanford University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706093319/http://etl.stanford.edu/handouts/0001_aut_speakerbio/tomsiebel.html|date=2010-07-06}}{{cite web |author= |date=11 September 2011 |title=News Archive » Department of Business Administration |url=http://www.business.illinois.edu/ba/FSDB/news_article.aspx?ID=246 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110911121905/http://www.business.illinois.edu/ba/FSDB/news_article.aspx?ID=246 |archive-date=11 September 2011 |access-date=19 September 2018 |website=archive.is}} He was a Trustee at Princeton University from 2008 to 2011.[http://www.princeton.edu/engineering/news/archive/?id=5832 Princeton University], September 23, 2011 He also chairs the American Agora Foundation and is a director at the Hoover Institution at Stanford.[http://www.hoover.org/about/directory/boardOfOverseers Hoover Institution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903050813/http://www.hoover.org/about/directory/boardOfOverseers|date=2009-09-03}}[http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/agora/ American Agora Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607041655/http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/agora/|date=2009-06-07}} Siebel is the founder of the Montana Meth Project and the Siebel Scholars Foundation.{{cite web |title=The Meth Project |url=http://www.methproject.org/About_Us/index.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107092947/http://www.methproject.org/About_Us/index.php |archive-date=7 November 2011 |access-date=17 May 2016 |publisher=}}{{cite web |title=A Class Apart: About the Siebel Scholars Program |url=http://www.siebelscholars.com/about |access-date=17 May 2016 |publisher=}} His philanthropic contributions have been recognized by publications such as Barron's, which ranked him among the world's top 25 philanthropists in 2009 and 2010,[http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052970204869904575620981420096098.html?mod=BOL_hpp_emr# The 25 Best Givers 2009], Barron's[http://www.fragilethehumancondition.com/docs/barrons113009.pdf The 25 Best Givers 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711022059/http://www.fragilethehumancondition.com/docs/barrons113009.pdf|date=2011-07-11}}, Barron's and BusinessWeek, which included him in its list of The 50 Most Generous Philanthropists in 2007 and 2008.[https://archive.today/20071118123256/http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/philanthropy_individual/ The 50 Most Generous Philanthropists] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20071118123256/http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/philanthropy_individual/|date=2007-11-18}}, BusinessWeek

In 2001, Siebel donated $32 million to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his alma mater, for the construction of the Siebel Center for Computer Science, which opened in the spring of 2004.[http://siebelcenter.cs.uiuc.edu/ Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404004111/http://siebelcenter.cs.uiuc.edu/ |date=2005-04-04 }} In 2006, he donated $4 million to the university to establish two endowed full professorships: the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in the History of Science and the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in Computer Science.[http://leaders.engineering.illinois.edu/information_technology/thomas_siebel.html Thomas M. Siebel Chair] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130217093842/http://leaders.engineering.illinois.edu/information_technology/thomas_siebel.html |date=2013-02-17 }} In 2007, Siebel pledged an additional $100 million gift to the university.[https://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/archive/index.php?xId=071508000784 U of I announces record $100 million gift from Alumnus Thomas Siebel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923055249/http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/archive/index.php?xId=071508000784 |date=2007-09-23 }}, University of Illinois

In 2015, the Siebel Foundation launched the Siebel Energy Institute to support research on the data management of energy infrastructure monitoring.{{cite news |first=Aaron |last=Tilley |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/08/05/tech-billionaire-tom-siebel-launches-institute-to-tackle-proliferation-of-power-grid-data/ |title=Tech Billionaire Tom Siebel Launches Institute To Tackle Proliferation Of Power Grid Data |work=Forbes |date=August 5, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2016 }} In 2016, Siebel donated $25 million to fund the construction of the Siebel Center for Design at the University of Illinois, a 60,000-square-foot multidisciplinary facility designed by the architectural firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, which was completed in 2020.{{cite web |last1=Kaler |first1=Robin |title=Alumnus Siebel Donates $25 Million For Innovative Design Center |url=https://cs.illinois.edu/news/alumnus-siebel-donates-25-million-innovative-design-center |website=cs.illinois.edu |publisher=University of Illinois |access-date=29 September 2019}} In 2024, Siebel donated $50 million to establish the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science at the University of Illinois.

In February 2022, Siebel donated $90,000 to the Canada convoy protest in Ottawa, which opposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions.{{cite web |last=Woodward |first=Jon |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/anonymous-donations-to-convoy-as-high-as-215-000-concern-canadian-mps-1.5777497 |title=Anonymous donations to convoy as high as $215,000 concern Canadian MPs |work=CTV News |date=February 11, 2022 |access-date=February 16, 2022}}{{cite web |title=Hackers Just Leaked the Names of 92,000 'Freedom Convoy' Donors |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/freedom-convoy-givesendgo-donors-leaked/ |website=Vice News |date=14 February 2022 |access-date=14 February 2022}}{{cite news |last1=McIntire |first1=Mike |last2=Keller |first2=Michael H. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/world/canada/canada-trucker-protests-donations.html |title=Canadians are responsible for roughly half of the money raised online for the trucker convoy, leaked data shows. |work=The New York Times |date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 16, 2022}}

In 2024, Siebel donated $500,000 to Donald Trump since Doug Burgum was in the running for Vice President.{{cite news |last1=Bender |first1=Michael C. |date=30 June 2024 |title=To Woo Trump, VP Contenders Show Off Their Rich Friends |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/30/us/politics/trump-vice-president-donors.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702082102/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/30/us/politics/trump-vice-president-donors.html |archive-date=2 July 2024 |access-date=8 July 2024 |work=The New York Times}}

He lives in Woodside, California and is married to Stacey Siebel, with whom he has four children. Siebel is the second cousin once removed of Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the First Lady of California and wife of Governor Gavin Newsom.{{cite news |last1=Maddan |first1=Heather |title=Girlfriend, uninterrupted / Actress Jennifer Siebel is standing by her man, who happens to be Mayor Gavin Newsom, and says there's no trouble in their romance |url=https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Girlfriend-uninterrupted-Actress-Jennifer-2611668.php |access-date=8 July 2024 |work=SFGATE}}

In 2022, Siebel had the highest personal {{CO2}} emissions from private jet use of any American.{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/02/billionaire-beware-17-year-old-is-tracking-your-carbon-emissions/|title=Billionaire Beware|publisher=Mother Jones. February 19, 2023|access-date=15 Mar 2023}}

On the morning of August 1, 2009, while in Tanzania, Siebel and a guide were observing a group of elephants from 200 yards away when an elephant charged the guide and then turned on Siebel, breaking several ribs, goring him in the left leg, and crushing the right.[http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13256318?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com&nclick_check=1 Tech mogul Tom Siebel injured by elephant], by Julia Prodis Sulek and Brandon Bailey, The Mercury News, 09/03/2009[http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2010-07/jerry-tarde-letter A Golfer Never Forgets], by Jerry Tarde, Golf Digest, July 2010 After they radioed for help, it took three hours for him to receive medical treatment. He was flown to the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, where his wounds were cleaned and his leg was stabilized. He was then flown back to the United States on a 20-hour flight, during which he received 10 hours of morphine and 15 hours of fluids. Having lost half his fluids, he was admitted to the intensive care unit.[https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/1011/rich-list-10-passions-pursuits-tom-siebel-gored-by-elephant.html Tom Siebel On Being Gored By An Elephant], as told to Steven Bertoni, Forbes magazine, 10/11/2010 He was moved to Stanford Hospital where, over the next six months, doctors performed 11 surgeries, fixed his ribs and shoulder, and saved his left leg.

In September 2010, Siebel underwent 16 surgeries and an Ilizarov apparatus external fixator procedure to mend, lengthen, and reshape the tibia of his right leg. After 19 reconstructive surgeries over two and a half years, Siebel fully recovered.[https://www.forbes.com/profile/thomas-siebel/# Thomas Siebel], Forbes magazine, 6/26/14 In 2013, National Geographic included Siebel's account in its TV series Dead or Alive: Trampled on Safari.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808062109/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/dead-or-alive/episodes/trampled-on-safari/ Trampled on Safari], National Geographic, 6/26/14

• Digital Transformation (2019){{cite book |title=Digital Transformation |isbn=978-1948122481 |last1=Siebel |first1=Thomas M. |date=9 July 2019 |publisher=Rodin Books }} {{ISBN|1948122480}}
• "Digital Transformation: The Post-Industrial Utility" (Aspenia Magazine, June 2018){{cite web |title=Charging ahead: the energy transition |url=http://www.aspeninstitute.it/en/aspenia/number/charging-ahead-energy-transition |website=aspeninstitute.it |publisher=Aspen Institute Italia |access-date=29 September 2019}}
• "Why digital transformation is now on the CEO’s shoulders" (McKinsey Quarterly, December 2017){{cite web |last1=Siebel |first1=Thomas |title=Why digital transformation is now on the CEO's shoulders |url=https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/why-digital-transformation-is-now-on-the-ceos-shoulders |website=mckinsey.com |publisher=McKinsey & Co. |access-date=29 September 2019}}
• "The Internet of Energy" (Electric Perspectives, March/April 2015){{cite web |last1=Siebel |first1=Thomas |title=The Internet of Energy |url=https://libraries.swbts.edu/eds/detail?db=bft&an=101552726&isbn=0364474X |website=libraries.swbts.edu |publisher=Electric Perspectives |access-date=29 September 2019}}
• "Big Data and the Smart Grid: Is Hadoop the Answer?" (Stanford Energy Journal, October 21, 2014){{cite web |last1=Siebel |first1=Thomas |title=Big Data and the Smart Grid: Is Hadoop the Answer? (archive copy) |url=https://sej.stanford.edu/big-data-and-smart-grid-hadoop-answer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929205940/https://sej.stanford.edu/big-data-and-smart-grid-hadoop-answer |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-09-29 |website=sej.stanford.edu |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=29 September 2019}}
• Taking Care of eBusiness (2001) {{ISBN|0-385-50227-3}}
• Cyber Rules (with Pat House) (1999){{cite book |title=Cyber Rules |isbn=0385494122 |last1=Siebel |first1=Thomas M. |last2=House |first2=Pat |year=1999 |publisher=Currency/Doubleday }} {{ISBN|0385494122}}
• Virtual Selling (with Michael Malone) (1996){{cite book |title=Virtual Selling |isbn=0684822873 |last1=Siebel |first1=Thomas M. |last2=Malone |first2=Michael Shawn |last3=Malone |first3=Michael |year=1996 |publisher=Free Press }} {{ISBN|0684822873}}

{{reflist|2}}

• [http://www.fvgroup.com/ First Virtual Group]
• [http://www.fvgroup.com/philanthropy.htm The Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation]
• [https://www.c3.ai/ C3.ai] (formerly C3 Energy, C3 IoT)
• [https://vinpest.vn/diet-moi-tan-goc/ Dịch vụ diệt mối] ([https://vinpest.vn/ VinPest])

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siebel, Thomas}}

Category:American billionaires

Category:American computer businesspeople

Category:American Lutherans

Category:American philanthropists

Category:Businesspeople in software

Category:American technology chief executives

Category:Living people

Category:Gies College of Business alumni

Category:University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni

Category:1952 births

Category:People from Woodside, California