Tom Currier

Tom Currier (born ca. 1991) is an American entrepreneur and Thiel Fellow.[2] He was the founder of the San Francisco real estate startup Campus.[3]

Tom Currier
Bornca. 1991
Rodchester, Minnesota
Alma materStanford University (dropped out)[1]
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forCabin

Early life

According to the Yale Daily News, Currier was a "serial entrepreneur" before getting the Thiel Fellowship, and was working on the green energy company Black Swan Solar.[4] He started his first company at age nine.[4][5] He was a member of the Stanford University class of 2013, majoring in computer science,[6] but dropped out after getting the Fellowship.[1]

Entrepreneurship

In December 2012, Currier co-founded Campus, a San Francisco real estate and property management startup.[1] Campus rented about thirty townhouses and small apartment buildings in San Francisco and New York City, and then rented out the rooms to individuals, advertising "instant friends, fewer chores, and rents that weren’t off the charts" as part of a "co-living" model.[7] Campus was described as a "grown-up version of group housing", and each house came with a hot tub and monthly budget for group events.[8]

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References
  1. Moore, Olivia (February 20, 2013). "Thiel Fellowship attracts Stanford students". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. "Facebook Funder Thiel Picks Tomorrow's Innovators". Bloomberg. May 25, 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. Ransom, Diana (October 20, 2015). "Forget Renting. This Is the Next Big Thing in the Sharing Economy". Inc. Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. Downie, Edmund (December 17, 2010). "Yale Entrepreneurs: Start Up, Drop Out?". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. Kamenetz, Anya (May 25, 2011). "Peter Thiel Gives Whiz Kids $100K To Quit College, Start Businesses". Fast Company. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. Bowles, Nellie (November 18, 2013). "Tech entrepreneurs revive communal living". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. Weinberg, Cory (June 19, 2015). "A startup that tried to help solve San Francisco housing crisis just folded". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  8. Buhr, Sarah (April 21, 2014). "Tech-Savvy Communes Could Be The Answer To SF's Housing Issues". TechCrunch. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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