Rank #876
Tom Golisano
Net worth $4.9B
Payroll services · United States
- Born
- Nov 14, 1941
- Age
- 84
- Source
- Payroll services
- Residence
- Naples, Florida
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Associate in Arts/Science, SUNY Tech Alfred
Net worth over time
Biography
- Tom Golisano founded payroll giant Paychex in 1971 with just $3,000 and a credit card.
- He served as CEO until 2004 and remains a director of the publicly-traded company.
- Born in Rochester, New York, to a macaroni salesman and a seamstress, Golisano ran for governor three times under the Independence Party of New York.
- In 2011, he sold the Buffalo Sabres to billionaire Terry Pegula for $189 million, after rejecting a higher bid that would have taken them out of town.
- The father of a son with special needs, Golisano has pledged or donated more than $300 million to support children with autism and other disabilities.
- Golisano is married to former tennis star Monica Seles.
- Golisano moved to Florida in 2009 because it would save him $13,800 a day in income taxes.
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