Tom Anderson is one of the top entrepreneurs in the world with a net worth of around $60 Million in 2024 Let’s relive his journey and see how he becomes so successful in life.
Thomas Anderson also popular as “Myspace Tom” “Tom from Myspace”, or “My friend Tom” is a well-known American entrepreneur and co-founder of Myspace.
Myspace is a renowned social networking website which was launched by Tom Anderson, and Chris DeWolfe on August 1, 2003.
When you sign up on Myspace, Tom Anderson will be your first friend by default and this is why he is also popular as “My friend Tom”.
Tom Anderson Net Worth 2024
| Full Name | Thomas Anderson |
| Popular as | Tom Anderson, Myspace Tom, Tom from Myspace, My friend Tom |
| Born on | November 8, 1970 |
| Place of Birth | San Diego, California, U.S |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Net Worth | Roughly $60 Million |
| Myspace Revenue | $109 million (in 2011) |
Key Facts about Tom Anderson
- Tom Anderson was born on November 8, 1970 in San Diego, California, U.S.
- He is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Myspace.
- Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe had founded Myspace- a social networking website on August 1, 2003.
- Myspace is the first social network website with global audiences.
- Anderson used to be a computer hacker when he was teen.
- Anderson was also seen in an American comedy-drama Funny People. Adam Sandler played a lead role in this film.
- He used to be lead singer of a band called Swank.
Tom Anderson Early Life
Tom Anderson was born on 8th November 1970 in San Diego, California, U.S.
His father was an entrepreneur. He used to be a computer hacker during his high school days. He completed his high school from San Pasqual High in Escondido, California.
Later, he graduated in English and Rhetoric from University of California Berkeley in the year 1998. Then, he joined Swank band as a lead singer.
He used to live in Taiwan after graduation and later he got admission to the University of California, Los Angeles to study film.
Tom Anderson Career
While studying film at the University of California, he joined XDrive as a product tester after responding to a flyer advertisement. It was the year 2000, when he met Chris De Wolfe at XDrive- a digital storage company.
When XDrive got bankrupt in the year 2021, Tom and De Wolfe founded a direct marketing company Response Base. However, in late 2022 they sold Response Base to Brad Greenspan’s eUniverse.
Later in August 2003, Tom Anderson with DeWolfe created the first pages of Myspace and launched this social networking site. This site was launched as a competitor to ‘Friendster,’ which used to be a renowned site at that time.
Later in the year 2005, ‘Intermix Media’ and ‘MySpace’ were sold to News Corporation of Rupert Murdoch for $580 million and the company appointed Anderson as its president.
Personal Life
Along with Myspace Tom Anderson is also active on other social media platforms including Instagram and Facebook.
Anderson has also shown his photography skills during 2011 Burning Man festival and thanked to photographer Trey Ratcliff for polishing his skills in photography.
Tom Anderson loves visiting places around the world including Myanmar, Bhutan,Thailand, Maldives, Singapore, Hawaii etc. We regularly see updates from Anderson on his Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Tom Anderson’s Houses and Car Collections
Tom Anderson net worth 2024 is around $60 Million. He is an internet entrepreneur and businessman.
We are still unable to fetch details regarding Tom Anderson’s houses and car collections. We’ll update it here soon we hear from Anderson.
Top Quotes of Tom Anderson
“I can’t stress enough how unimportant the camera really is. Any brand of camera will do. For 95% of my shots, the lowest end DSLR will be just fine.” – Tom Anderson
“It can be a little scary. Like one time I posted a link to NPR because I thought it was interesting, and it took down their Web site.” – Tom Anderson
I mean, my mom knows Google, but she doesn’t know MySpace.” – Tom Anderson
“It can be a little scary. Like one time I posted a link to NPR because I thought it was interesting, and it took down their Web site.” – Tom Anderson
