Overview
Tommy Stadlen is a Co-Founder at Meadow [5], Giant Ventures [3], and Beams [4]. Stadlen previously served as Co-Founder and CEO of Swing Technologies [10], an imaging technology company that exited to Microsoft in 2017 [9]. Prior to Swing, Stadlen co-founded and chaired Tailwind Acquisition Corp. [7]. Stadlen also co-founded the Tailwind group, three public companies with a combined market cap exceeding $1 billion listed on the New York Stock Exchange [2]. Stadlen holds a BA First Class Honours in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford [11] and an MSc (Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science [12]. Since 2010, Stadlen has worked as a best-selling author, media commentator, and speaker for outlets including the BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and the New York Times [6].
Profile introduction
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…
Career history
- Co-FounderJul 2019 to presentGiant Ventures
- Co-FounderJan 2023 to presentBeams
- Co-FounderJun 2021 to presentMeadow
- Best-selling Author, Media Commentator and Speaker2010 to presentBBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, Financial Times, New York Times
- Chairman & Co-FounderDec 2020 to May 2023Tailwind Acquisition Corp.
- Investment Committee Member & Venture PartnerJul 2017 to Dec 2022firstminute capital
- Product Leader & Swing CEONov 2017 to Mar 2020Microsoft
- Co-Founder2014 to Mar 2020Swing Technologies
Education
BA First Class Honours, English Language and LiteratureUniversity of Oxford
MSc (Distinction)The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE))
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