Thomas Tierney

Thomas J.
Tierney is the founder of The Bridgespan Group, established in 1999, where the title held is Co-Chairman & Partner.
Current jobs include Director at The National Center for Public Policy & Higher Education; Trustee at Gates Foundation Trust since 2022; Trustee at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution since 2011; and Trustee at Gates Foundation (United States) since 2022.
Former jobs include Chief Executive Officer at Bain & Co., Inc. from 1992 to 2000; Chairman at eBay, Inc. from 2017 to 2020; Chairman at The Hoover Institution; Chairman at The Nature Conservancy, Inc. from 2007 to 2019; Chairman-Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School; Director at WGBH Educational Foundation; Director at Committee for Economic Development; Director at The National Academies of Science; Director at United Way of the Bay Area; Director at United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley; and Director at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
Education includes undergraduate studies at the University of California, Davis and an MBA from Harvard Business School.