Tom Siebel

Thomas M. Siebel

Mr. Siebel is the chairman and chief executive officer of C3 Energy, an energy efficiency and smart grid analytics software company.

Mr. Siebel was the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Siebel Systems, one of the world’s leading software companies, which merged with Oracle Corporation in January 2006. Founded in 1993, Siebel Systems rapidly became a leader in application software with more than 8,000 employees in 32 countries, over 4,500 corporate customers, and annual revenue in excess of $2 billion.

Mr. Siebel served as chief executive officer of Gain Technology, a multimedia software company that merged with Sybase in December 1992. From 1984 through 1990, he was an executive at Oracle Corporation, where he held a number of senior management positions.

Mr. Siebel serves on the board of advisors for the Stanford University College of Engineering, the University of Illinois College of Engineering, and the University of California at Berkeley College of Engineering. He is a director of the University of Illinois Foundation and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and is the chairman of the board for the American Agora Foundation. Mr. Siebel is the chairman of the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation, Meth Project Foundation, and the Siebel Scholars Foundation.

Mr. Siebel is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History, an M.B.A., and a Master of Science in Computer Science.

The Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation, founded in 1996, funds projects to support the homeless and underprivileged, educational and research programs, methamphetamine abuse prevention, and alternative energy solutions. The Siebel Foundation created the Siebel Scholars Foundation, the Dearborn Scholars Fund in Montana, and the Meth Project Foundation. The Siebel Scholars Foundation endows scholarship funds at 11 leading universities for graduate students in computer science, business, and bioengineering who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and leadership. The Meth Project, a strategic philanthropic project to reduce methamphetamine abuse, received a White House Commendation in 2006 as the Most Influential Drug Program.

Honors and Awards

#3 of the World’s Top 25 Philanthropists – Barron’s, November 2010
Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship – The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution, 2010
Engineering at Illinois Hall of Fame – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
#5 of the World’s Top 25 Philanthropists – Barron’s, 2009
Top 50 Philanthropists – Business Week 2007, 2008
Lincoln Academy Laureate – The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, 2008
Ph.D. (Hon) Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
White House Commendation, Most Influential Drug Program – Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2006
Leadership Award – Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2006
Lewis & Clark Pioneers in Industry Award – University of Montana, 2006
One of the 50 Best Companies to Work for in Silicon Valley – San Jose Magazine, 2004
Thomas M. Siebel, Master Entrepreneur of the Year – Ernst & Young, 2003
Entrepreneurial Company of the Year – Harvard Business School, 2003
Hall of Fame – CRM Magazine, 2003
David Packard Award – Business Executives for National Security, 2002
CEO of the Year – IndustryWeek, 2002
Top 25 Executives, Readers’ Choice – Computer Reseller News, 2002
Top 25 Managers in Global Business – BusinessWeek, 1999 to 2002
Top 25 Executives – Computer Reseller News, 2001
University of Illinois Presidential Award and Medallion, 2001
Second Fastest Growing Company in America – Fortune, 2000
Top 10 CEOs of 2000 – Investor’s Business Daily, 2000
Hall of Fame: in Recognition of Contributions to the Business and Technology of Customer Service – Call Center Magazine, 2000
The World’s Most Influential Software Company – BusinessWeek, 2000
Third Fastest Growing Company in America – Fortune, 2000
The Most Influential Company in IT – Intelligent Enterprise, 2000
Fastest Growing Technology Company – Deloitte & Touche, 1999
Fastest Growing Company in America – Fortune, 1999

Publications

Virtual Selling, Free Press, 1996
Cyber Rules, Doubleday, 1999
Taking Care of eBusiness, Doubleday, 2001