Tom Siebel: Founder and CEO of C3.ai
Business Owner · Artificial Intelligence
Tom Siebel worked at Oracle, founded Siebel Systems, sold it to Oracle in 2006 and now leads the AI software company C3.ai.
About Tom Siebel: Founder and CEO of C3.ai
Thomas M. Siebel (born November 20, 1952, in Chicago) is an American businessman, technologist and author. He founded the enterprise software company Siebel Systems and is the founder, chairman and CEO of C3.ai, an artificial intelligence software platform and applications company. He is currently chairman of First Virtual Group, a diversified holding company. As of February 2026 Forbes puts his net worth at $4 billion. Siebel was one of seven children of Arthur Francis Siebel and Ruth A. Schmid Siebel, and graduated from the University of Illinois with a BA in history, an MBA and an MS in computer science, later receiving an honorary doctorate in engineering from the university. He was an executive at Oracle Corporation between 1984 and 1990 and CEO of Gain Technology, a multimedia software company that merged with Sybase in December 1992. He later founded Siebel Systems, where he was chairman and CEO until Oracle acquired the company in January 2006. Sources: English Wikipedia (Thomas Siebel, accessed September 2026).
Basic Information
Founder, chairman and CEO, C3.ai; founder, Siebel Systems
Company Details
C3.ai / Siebel Systems
Enterprise Software, Artificial Intelligence