Tom Golisano
Paychex founder and philanthropist
Tom Golisano founded the payroll and human resources company Paychex. He is an American businessman and philanthropist, and the author of Built, Not Born.
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American Born 1941 in Irondequoit, United States
About Tom Golisano
Tom Golisano was born in 1941 and is an American businessman and philanthropist. He founded Paychex, a company that provides payroll and HR (human resources) support to businesses, and is a former CEO of the company. He started it with three thousand dollars and built it into a multibillion-dollar firm. He owned the Buffalo Sabres hockey team and the Buffalo Bandits lacrosse team from 2003 to 2011. He also owned Greenlight Networks, a fiber internet provider, from 2019 to 2022. He sought the New York governorship in 1994, 1998 and 2002 as a third-party candidate, but lost each time. Golisano is also an investor and an advocate for entrepreneurship. His books include Built, Not Born and The Italian Kid Did It!