Fortune Magazine has called Tom a “coach to many of the world’s most famous CEOs”.
eBay ́s first President and multi-billionaire self-made entrepreneur Jeff Skoll says: “Tom provides the right tools to show you that nothing is impossible when it comes to realizing your vision.”
Tom has been awarded lifelong seats in some of the most influential think tanks of our time, together with a wide range of bestselling authors, Nobel Laureates, and Heads of State. “Fabulously placed to inspire those around him to learn whole new levels of solutions” (Google HQ, Silicon Valley), Tom is also a frequent commentator on news outlets from CNN to Bloomberg. He is the Founder and CEO of the Tom Oliver Group, a worldwide management consulting firm. The Group’s clients include market leaders across all industries and around the world, and it focuses on assisting families who own or manage companies.
Tom and his team have worked with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, financial leaders like Ernst & Young and the World Bank Group, and the best global brands from Johnson & Johnson to Coca-Cola and Google in Silicon Valley. Tom has received personal praise for his work from world-famous business leaders like the President of eBay and Sir Richard Branson, as well as billionaire entrepreneur families like the Rockefeller family and the Warren Buffett family.
The Tom Oliver Consulting Group provides tailor-made consulting and training solutions in the areas of innovation, succession planning, market positioning, organization, marketing, restructuring, strategic HR management, executive training, long-term strategic planning, and others. The goal is always to maximize the potential of the business to thrive across generations.
Termed “one of the world’s best experts on leadership” (Wharton School of Business), Tom is also a Visiting Professor of Innovation, Change Management, Leadership, and Strategic Human Resource Management. Tom is a fellow of the World Business Academy, together with leading professors from the world’s top business schools, including the Kellogg School of Management, INSEAD, and Harvard.
He founded the Global Leadership Circle at Manchester Business School while contributing to its being ranked as one of the top international business programs. Tom is also the author of the global McGraw-Hill entrepreneur and leadership bible “Nothing Is Impossible,” which has been endorsed by business leaders from SAP to eBay and Google.
He believes business should be a catalyst for social change. To this end, Tom Oliver founded the World Peace Foundation and World Peace Festival (WPF), which Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu has called “the most influential peace gathering in history”.