Tom is perhaps best known as the co-founder and original CEO of Nantucket Nectars. Founded in 1989 — long before it was cool to be a start-up founder — the fruit juice venture quickly grew to national prominence, making the “Inc. 500” list of fastest growing U.S. companies five years in a row and garnering Tom accolades, including Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award.
In 2010, Tom co-founded The Nantucket Project with Kate Brosnan; TNP is an annual festival of spirit, curiosity, ideas, film, art, music and dance on Nantucket each September thatbrings together thought leaders across a wide range of disciplines to explore the most relevant, cutting-edge ideas and the implications such ideas pose for the betterment of culture, society and business. Richard Saul Wurman, the founder of TED, has called TNP “the most cared for, and well curated thing around.”
In 2020, Tom createdtnp.us, a new virtual gathering space that provides the tools for people to come together to foster community, conversation and genuine human connection.tnp.us allows for small groups of people to meet virtually for a shared experience: watch original, thought provoking short films, talks and live content together and have meaningful conversation via an interactive video discussion platform.
