“But for those who really want to make the world a better place, can we start looking at Bill Gates's path instead of Steve Jobs? I like my iPad, but Gates is one of the greatest heroes of our time. For me, that has nothing to do with Microsoft and everything to do with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.”

American technology entrepreneur, born 1970s

Tom Anderson is an American technology entrepreneur from the early 21st century, best known as the co-founder of Myspace. He founded the social networking site in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe, later serving as its president and as a strategic adviser. He became widely recognized as “Tom from Myspace,” “Myspace Tom,” or “My friend, Tom” because new users were automatically assigned him as their first friend. His public identity is closely tied to the rise of Myspace and the early culture of social networking.