Tommy Stadlen co-founded the photo app Swing, which exited to Microsoft in 2017. Swing Technologies, chaired by Twitter founder Biz Stone, created the #1 featured product on Apple's App Store.
Stadlen is the author of the international bestseller ‘Connect: How Companies Succeed by Engaging Radically With Society’, written with former BP CEO Lord Browne. He is a commentator on technology, digital transformation and long-term capitalism, including as an op-ed contributor to the New York Times and Financial Times, and guest on CNBC, Bloomberg and BBC.
Stadlen is a former McKinsey consultant with global experience advising leading companies and governments, and previously worked as a speechwriter for President Obama. He is an advisor to NYU Stern School of Business and Venture Partner at firstminute capital, a $100m technology venture capital firm.
Tommy Stadlen has been recognised by the Financial Times as one of the top 50 Global Ally Executives and by Entrepreneur magazine’s Best Companies in America awards.