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Thomas M. Siebel (; born November 20, 1952) is an American
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businessman, technologist, and author. He was the founder of enterprise software company
Siebel Systems Siebel Systems, Inc. () was a software company principally engaged in the design, development, marketing, and support of customer relationship management (CRM) applications—notably Siebel CRM. The company was founded by Thomas Siebel and Pat ...
and is the founder, chairman, and CEO of
C3.ai C3.ai, Inc. (also C3 AI) is a publicly trading American technology company specializing in enterprise AI. History C3.ai was founded in 2009 by Thomas Siebel as "C3". Originally the "C" in the company's name was a reference to "carbon Carbo ...
, an
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software platform and applications company. He is the chairman of First Virtual Group, a diversified
holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...
with interests in
investment management Investment management is the professional asset management of various securities, including shareholdings, bonds, and other assets, such as real estate, to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of investors. Investors may be institut ...
,
commercial real estate Commercial property, also called commercial real estate, investment property or income property, is real estate (buildings or land) intended to generate a profit, either from capital gains or rental income. Commercial property includes office b ...
,
agribusiness Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...
, and
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.


Early life and education

Siebel was born in Chicago, one of seven children of Arthur Francis Siebel, a
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-educated lawyer, and Ruth A. (née Schmid) Siebel.Chicago Tribune: "Obituary - Siebel, Ruth A."
January 27, 2006
His family was
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. Siebel is a graduate of the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univ ...
, where he received a
B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...
in history, an
M.B.A. A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as account ...
, an
M.S. A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...
in
computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...
,Businessweek: "TOM SIEBEL--CEO, Siebel Systems Inc." By Gabrielle Saveri
August 14, 1997
and an honorary doctorate of engineering.
February 16, 2006


Business career

Between 1984 and 1990, Siebel was an executive at
Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas. In 2020, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization. The company sells da ...
, where he held a number of management positions.Top Tech Execs: Tom Siebel
Forbes

Fast Company
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 A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of
Siebel Systems Siebel Systems, Inc. () was a software company principally engaged in the design, development, marketing, and support of customer relationship management (CRM) applications—notably Siebel CRM. The company was founded by Thomas Siebel and Pat ...
, which was acquired by Oracle in January, 2006. Siebel is the chairman of First Virtual Group, a diversified
holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...
.


Siebel Systems

Siebel Systems was a
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company primarily engaged in the design, development, marketing, and support of
customer relationship management Customer relationship management (CRM) is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information. CRM systems compile data from a ra ...
(CRM) applications. As an executive at Oracle, Siebel proposed the idea of creating enterprise software applications tailored for marketing, sales, and customer service functions. Oracle management declined his proposal. Siebel left Oracle to found Siebel Systems in 1993 to pursue that opportunity. In 1999, Siebel Systems became the fastest-growing technology company in the United States. Siebel Systems grew to over 8,000 employees in 32 countries, more than 4,500 corporate customers, and annual revenue greater than $2 billion before merging with Oracle in January 2006.


C3.ai

In 2009, Siebel founded C3.ai, originally to provide enterprise software for
energy management Energy management includes planning and operation of energy production and energy consumption units as well as energy distribution and storage. Objectives are resource conservation, climate protection and cost savings, while the users have per ...
. C3.ai currently provides an enterprise AI software platform and applications for multiple commercial uses, including energy management,
predictive maintenance Predictive maintenance techniques are designed to help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to estimate when maintenance should be performed. This approach promises cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintena ...
, fraud detection, anti-money laundering,
inventory optimization Inventory optimization is a method of balancing capital investment constraints or objectives and service-level goals over a large assortment of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while taking demand and supply volatility into account. Inventory managem ...
, and predictive CRM. Its customers include 3M,
Royal Dutch Shell Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New Yo ...
, the
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, and
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. C3.ai was included in the 2019 “CNBC Disruptor 50” list, with a valuation of $2.1 billion. Through C3.ai, he created a collaboration to use AI to help address
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. Enterprise AI software applies
artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...
methods, such as
machine learning Machine learning (ML) is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence. Machine ...
and
neural networks A neural network is a network or circuit of biological neurons, or, in a modern sense, an artificial neural network, composed of artificial neurons or nodes. Thus, a neural network is either a biological neural network, made up of biological ...
, to solve complex analytical problems in commerce, industry, and government. Organizations use enterprise AI software to increase efficiencies, reduce costs, and improve operations. The US Air Force, for example, uses AI to predict engine failure in aircraft before a failure occurs in order to improve maintenance and increase aircraft readiness.


Digital transformation

Siebel's fourth book, ''Digital Transformation'', became a ''Wall Street Journal'' bestseller in July 2019. In the book Siebel discusses how the confluence of four modern information technology vectors—elastic
cloud computing Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mul ...
,
big data Though used sometimes loosely partly because of a lack of formal definition, the interpretation that seems to best describe Big data is the one associated with large body of information that we could not comprehend when used only in smaller am ...
, artificial intelligence, and the
internet of things The Internet of things (IoT) describes physical objects (or groups of such objects) with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other comm ...
—is impacting business, government, and society. He characterizes the 21st century as a period of corporate mass extinction. He states that since 2000, 52 percent of
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companies have fallen off the list, and he discusses how new companies like
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,
Uber Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber), based in San Francisco, provides mobility as a service, ride-hailing (allowing users to book a car and driver to transport them in a way similar to a taxi), food delivery (Uber Eats and Postmates), package ...
, Tesla,
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, and others have emerged and grown during this time. Siebel claims that in order to survive and thrive in the 21st century, organizations must undergo digital transformation by harnessing the four information technologies discussed in the book. The book provides advice to organizations in the form of a 10-point CEO action plan.


Management philosophy

Siebel is a proponent of building a “self-learning
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” that motivates employees to continue their education on the job. C3.ai offers cash awards of $1,000 to $1,500 to employees for each course they complete from a curated
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curriculum. In 2019, Siebel initiated a program at C3.ai that pays 100 percent of the costs for employees to complete an online master's degree of computer science (MCS) program from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Employees who complete the MCS degree receive a salary increase of 15 percent, a cash bonus of $25‚000, and additional stock options.


Honors and awards

In 2013, the
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elected Tom Siebel as a member.American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects National and International Scholars, Artists, Philanthropists, Business and Civic Leaders
American Academy of Arts & Sciences, April 24, 2013
Siebel serves on the Board of Advisors of the
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College of Engineering, the
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College of Engineering, and the
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College of Engineering.Stanford University
He is a Director of the
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at
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,Hoover Institution
and is the Chairman of the Board for the American Agora Foundation.American Agora Foundation
He was a member of the
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from 2008 to 2011.Princeton University
September 23, 2011
He is the Founder and Chairman of the
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and the
Siebel Scholars The Siebel Scholars program was established by the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation in 2000 to recognize the most talented students at 29 graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering, and energy science in the United States, Ch ...
Foundation, and Chairman of the Siebel Foundation. He was ranked #5 and #3 of the world's top 25 philanthropists by
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in 2009 and 2010, respectively.The 25 Best Givers 2009
Barron's
The 25 Best Givers 2010
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In 2007 and 2008, he was named one of The 50 Most Generous Philanthropists by ''
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''.The 50 Most Generous Philanthropists
, BusinessWeek
Siebel received the David Packard Award for his achievements as a technology entrepreneur and his contributions to national security from the
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in 2002 and was named one of the Top 25 Managers in the World by ''
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'' in 2000 and 2001.Business Executives for National Security Honor Thomas M. Siebel with David Packard Leadership Award
Canadian Corporate News

BusinessWeek
Call Center Magazine inducted Siebel to its Hall of Fame in 2000 in recognition for contributions to the business and technology of customer service.
Spring 2010
CRM Magazine inducted him into its inaugural CRM Hall of Fame in 2003 in recognition of his vision, strong leadership, and enduring commitment to innovation.CRM Magazine Inducts Thomas M. Siebel into CRM Hall of Fame
August 27, 2003
He has also been named: *Entrepreneur of the Year, EY, 2018 *
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Most Intriguing Entrepreneur, 2018 *
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Top CEO, 2018 *Entrepreneur of the Year, EY, 2017 *Most Admired CEO Lifetime Achievement Award -
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, 2016 *The Chancellor's Citation, University of California, Berkeley, 2014 *One of the World's Top 25 Eco-Innovators - ''FORTUNE'' magazine, 2014The World's Top 25 Eco-Innovators
FORTUNE, May 1, 2014
*Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship – The
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of the Smithsonian Institution, 2010Woodrow Wilson Awards
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
*Engineering at Illinois Hall of Fame - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010University of Illinois Alumni Awards
, University of Illinois
*Lewis & Clark Pioneers in Industry Award - University of Montana, 2006
Montana Associated Technology Roundtables, September 3, 2006
*Master Entrepreneur of the Year – Ernst & Young, 2003
Business Wire
*David Packard Award – Business Executives for National Security, 2002 *CEO of the Year – Industry Week, 2002CEO Of The Year -- The King Of Customer
Industry Week
*University of Illinois Presidential Award and Medallion, 2001
, University of Illinois
*Top 10 CEOs - Investor's Business Daily, 2000 *One of Top 25 Managers in Global Business – BusinessWeek, 1999 to 2001


Philanthropy

The Siebel Foundation (founded 1996) is active in support of the homeless and underprivileged, educational and research programs, methamphetamine abuse prevention, and alternative energy solutions. The Siebel Foundation created the Siebel Scholars Foundation, the Siebel Energy Institute, and the Dearborn Scholars Fund in Montana. In 2005, Siebel founded the
Montana Meth Project The Montana Meth Project (MMP) is a Montana-based non-profit organization founded by businessman Thomas Siebel which seeks to reduce methamphetamine use, particularly among teenagers. The main venture of the MMP is a saturation-level advertising ...
.The Anti Drug Lord
''
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'', June 2008
The Office of National Drug Control Policy awarded the Meth Project a White House commendation as the most influential prevention campaign in 2006, and Tom Siebel accepted the award on the program's behalf.Huffington Post article: “The Anti-Drug Lord” by Corey Binns
June 18, 2008
He was also recognized for his work on the program with the 2006 Director's Community Leadership Award from the
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.Salt Lake City - Bernie LaSarte
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Catalytic Philanthropy – Stanford Social Innovation Review
Fall 2009
The Mercury News Interview: Tom Siebel, chairman of First Virtual Group and the Siebel Foundation.
Brandon Bailey, ''
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'', 06/19/2009
Tom Siebel: The Energy Free Home Challenge
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'', June 2009
Back to the Garage: How Economic Turmoil Breeds Innovation
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, December 2008
In 2001, Siebel donated $32 million to his alma mater, the Department of Computer Science at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univ ...
, to build the Siebel Center for Computer Science, opened in spring 2004.Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science
In 2006, Siebel donated $4 million to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 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.''
Siebel pledged an additional $100 million gift to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007.U of I announces record $100 million gift from Alumnus Thomas Siebel
, University of Illinois
In 2015, the Siebel Foundation launched the Siebel Energy Institute to research the data management of energy infrastructure monitoring data. In 2016, Siebel donated $25 million to build the Siebel Center for Design at the University of Illinois, a 60,000-square-foot multidisciplinary hub designed by architects
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and was completed in 2020.


Political involvement

From 2009 to 2014, Siebel made a total of $335,300 in political contributions. Approximately 90% of this was for independents and 10% was for Republican Party candidates. In 2013, C3 Energy hosted former Senator
Max Baucus Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...
from Montana, and Siebel and Baucus discussed the ways in which information technology addresses the utility industry's
big data Though used sometimes loosely partly because of a lack of formal definition, the interpretation that seems to best describe Big data is the one associated with large body of information that we could not comprehend when used only in smaller am ...
challenge.C3 Energy Hosts Senator Max Baucus
August 21, 2013
In April 2014, Congresswoman Jackie Speier from California met with C3 Energy executives, including Siebel, to discuss how the latest developments in IT are being applied to the
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.C3 Energy Hosts Congresswoman Jackie Speier
, April 29, 2014
In February 2022, Siebel donated $90,000 to the Canada convoy protest in Ottawa, that also blocked border crossings between Canada and the U.S. to protest
COVID-19 vaccine mandates Anti-vaccination activists and other people in many countries have spread a variety of unfounded conspiracy theories and other misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines based on misunderstood or misrepresented science, religion, exaggerated ...
and restrictions.


Personal life

He is married to Stacey Siebel. They have four children and live in
Woodside, California Woodside is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. Woodside is among the wealthiest communities in the United States, home to many technology billionaires and investment manager ...
, US. A part-time Montana resident, Siebel owns and operates the Dearborn Ranch in
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, a working cattle ranch. Siebel's time in Montana has extended over a period of 35 years.


Elephant incident

On the morning of August 1, 2009, he and a guide were in
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, observing a group of elephants from 200 yards away, when an elephant charged Siebel's guide and then turned on Siebel, breaking several ribs, goring him in the left leg, and crushing the right.Tech mogul Tom Siebel injured by elephant
by Julia Prodis Sulek and Brandon Bailey, ''
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'', 09/03/2009
A Golfer Never Forgets
by Jerry Tarde, ''
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'', July 2010
They radioed for help, but it was three hours before he received any medical treatment. He was flown to the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, where they cleaned his wounds and stabilized his leg. He was then flown back to the United States on a 20-hour flight with only 10-hours of morphine and 15 hours of fluids. He had lost half of his fluids and was put in the intensive care unit.Tom Siebel On Being Gored By An Elephant
as told to Steven Bertoni, ''
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He was moved to Stanford Hospital where, over the next six months, they performed 11 surgeries, fixed his ribs and shoulder, and saved his left leg. In September 2010, a year after the attack, Siebel had undergone 16 surgeries and an
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external fixator to mend, lengthen, and reshape the tibia of his right leg. After 19 reconstructive surgeries over two and a half years, Siebel has now made a full recovery.Thomas Siebel
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'' magazine, 6/26/14
In 2013,
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included Siebel's account in its TV series ''Dead or Alive: Trampled on Safari''.Trampled on Safari
''
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'', 6/26/14


Books and articles

*''Digital Transformation'' (2019) *“Digital Transformation: The Post-Industrial Utility” (Aspenia Magazine, June 2018) *“Why digital transformation is now on the CEO’s shoulders” (''
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'', December 2017) *“The Internet of Energy” (''Electric Perspectives'', March/April 2015) *“Big Data and the Smart Grid: Is Hadoop the Answer?” (Stanford Energy Journal, October 21, 2014) *''Taking Care of eBusiness'' (2001) *''Cyber Rules'' (with Pat House) (1999) *''Virtual Selling'' (with Michael Malone) (1996)


References


External links


First Virtual Group
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C3.ai
(formerly C3 Energy, C3 IoT) {{DEFAULTSORT:Siebel, Thomas American billionaires American computer businesspeople American Lutherans American philanthropists Businesspeople in software American technology chief executives Living people Gies College of Business alumni University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni 1952 births People from Woodside, California