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For other people named Tom Anderson, see Tom Anderson (disambiguation).
Tom Anderson 
Tom Anderson, February 2008Born November 8, 1970 Residence Los Angeles[1] Alma mater University of California, Berkeley Home town Escondido, California[2] Spouse Holly Nicole Williams Children Cadance Lynn Roess, Felecia Trinette Love Website myspace.com/tom Thomas "Tom" Anderson (born November 8, 1970) is an American entrepreneur.[2][3] He co-founded the social networking website Myspace in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe,[4] and was later president of Myspace and a strategic adviser for the company. Because newly created Myspace accounts initially included Tom as a default "friend", he has become known as the default picture of Myspace, and often referred to as "Tom from Myspace" or "Myspace Tom."
In 2003, working for eUniverse under the purview of Brad Greenspan, he and a few other eUniverse employees set up the first pages of Myspace, and the site grew from there. It was one of the most popular social networking websites in the United States (listing in slot no. 129 of Alexa Top 500 Global Sites as of November 2011[update]).[5]
Anderson had a cameo appearance in the 2009 American drama-comedy film Funny People starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann.
References
- ^ "Tom (Tom Anderson)". http://www.myspace.com/tom. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ a b Angwin, Julia (2009-03-29). "Putting Your Best Faces Forward". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123819495915561237.html. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ Rosenbush, Steve (2005-07-29). "MySpace: WhoseSpace?". BusinessWeek. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2005/tc20050729_0719_tc057.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ Gibson, Owen (2008-06-23). "200 million friends and counting". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/23/myspace.tomanderson. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ "Alexa.com". Alexa.com. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/myspace.com. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
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Categories:- 1970 births
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- People from Los Angeles, California
- American computer businesspeople
- Myspace
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- People from Escondido, California
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