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Tommy Stadlen is a Founding Partner of Giant. Giant backs frontier technology founders reshaping civilization. Tommy was previously Co-Founder & CEO of Swing, an imaging technology company chaired by Twitter founder Biz Stone. In 2017, Swing exited to Microsoft where Tommy held product leadership roles. Tommy was also Co-Founder and Chairman of the Tailwind group, three public companies with a combined market cap of over $1bn listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Tommy is the best-selling author of ‘Connect: How Companies Succeed by Engaging Radically With Society’, written with former BP CEO Lord Browne. He is a frequent contributor to media outlets including the New York Times, Financial Times, BBC and CNBC. Tommy hosts the Giant Ideas podcast. Tommy is a former McKinsey consultant and previously worked for President Obama. He graduated with First Class honours from Oxford and holds an MSc (Distinction) in Environmental Policy from the London School of Economics. Tommy has been recognised by the Financial Times as a top 50 Global Ally Executive and by Entrepreneur’s ‘Best Companies in America’ award.
Giant backs frontier technology founders rebuilding the foundations of civilization. We seek companies reimagining foundational systems: energy, materials, industry, work, finance, biology and healthcare. We invest from first cheque to growth. From AI, robotics and automation to techbio, electrification and the future of work. Giant stands for technology as a force for good, crafted by high integrity founders.
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+ Best-selling co-author of 'CONNECT - How companies succeed by engaging radically with society', written with former BP CEO Lord Browne + ‘A bold and timely blueprint for the future’– Arianna Huffington + ‘A trail-blazing book of immediate value’ – Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO WPP + ‘How business must radically change to thrive in the 21st century’ –J. Hennessy, Chairman, Google + Experienced speaker on business and technology + Regular guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC TV + Commentator for New York Times and Financial Times op-ed pages + Featured in CBS, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, The Times of London, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Nikkei, Asahi Shimbun, Yahoo Japan, Huffington Post front page columnist, The Independent, Prospect Magazine, New Statesman, Virgin.com, McKinsey Quarterly, PR Week + Regular speaker and panelist. Recent events at Bloomberg, AXA, Ogilvy, McKinsey, PR Council, Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management, London Business School 'Leading Minds', Oxford University, NYU Stern Business School, London First, The Crowd, and Startup Weekend CNBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwkK2C_hXmg BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2OL8S4Ksyg
Tailwind is a group of founder-led special purpose acquisition companies. Three Tailwind companies were listed on the New York Stock Exchange with a combined market cap of around $1 billion. As Co-Founder & Chairman I served on the public company boards and led fundraises with the world's largest institutional investors, from Fidelity to Blackrock.