Tom Leighton

Tom Leighton

Founder at AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Net worth: 272 M $ as of 2024-03-30

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Founder of Akamai Technologies, Inc., Frank Thomson Leighton presently is Chief Executive Officer & Director at this company. Dr. Leighton is also on the board of American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Technology Ceo Council and Society for Science & the Public and Member of National Academy of Sciences and Member of National Academy of Engineering. In his past career he was Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chairman-Special Interest Group at Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. and Member of MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Dr. Leighton received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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CompanyDateNumber of sharesValuationValuation date
2024-03-06 2,498,543 ( 1.65% ) 272 M $ 2024-03-30

Tom Leighton active positions

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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Founder 1998-08-19
Director/Board Member 2008-12-31
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President's Information Technology Advisory Committee Director/Board Member 2004-12-31
MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Corporate Officer/Principal -
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Doctorate Degree
Princeton University Undergraduate Degree

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