Thomas Darden

CEO, Cherokee, North Carolina

Tom Darden graduated from Yale with a Juris Doctor degree and from UNC with Bachelors and Masters degrees. He worked at Bain & Co in Boston, then created Cherokee, which he operates today. He was a cofounder of Swiss Quantum Technology, a quantum computer software and operating company; and of IH, a fusion company. He has been a prolific technology company investor and founder.