2021 marks the 50th anniversary of Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX), a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for payroll, benefits, human resources, and insurance services. The company was founded in 1971 by Tom Golisano, who still serves Chairman of...
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Tom Golisano Hosts CEO Symposium
Tom Golisano hosted his Second Annual Golisano CEO Symposium in October 2021 for companies he has invested in and mentors. Leadership from 12 businesses came together to network and present company updates, industry shifts, and their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic...
Tom Golisano Gifts $30 Million to Special Olympics to Expand Critical Health Services Globally for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Special Olympics announced today that it has received its largest single private gift in the organization's 53-year history. Tom Golisano, Paychex founder, philanthropist and father of a son with an intellectual disability, will provide $30 million, his third major...
Roberts Wesleyan College Breaks Ground on $15 Million Golisano Community Engagement Center
Roberts Wesleyan College and community leaders used branded shovels today as they broke ground on the Golisano Community Engagement Center. “Let’s break ground to connect the community!” President Deana L. Porterfield exclaimed as shovels went into the ground where...
Golisano Center for Special Needs Opens at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital
Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital has opened the Golisano Center for Special Needs, designed to streamline autism care for children in the region. The center provides comprehensive, coordinated and scientifically-based medical and behavioral care for children and...
A Special Olympics Athletes Thank You to Tom Golisano
Special Olympics athletes put together this great video on how Healthy Communities is making a difference and improving their access to health and wellness programs world-wide. Tom Golisano has made gifts of more than $37 million to support the global effort to open...
Statement from Tom Golisano in response to the article on Bloomberg that ran on March 25, 2020
Tom Golisano’s First Book Built Not Born is Launched – A Self-Made Billionaire’s No-Nonsense Guide for Entrepreneurs
"If you are an entrepreneur or owner with a burning desire to do better, this is one book you need to get." --- Small Business Trends.com “Built, Not Born is full of hard-earned insight from a proven entrepreneur. Tom Golisano’s commitment to clients to ‘make their...
Tom Golisano Gives $1.5 Million to Build New $2 Million Medical Oncology Center at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
Niagara will soon have another Golisano Center – one in which lives will be saved. Ann Costello, Director of the Golisano Foundation today announced that philanthropist and businessman Tom Golisano is committing $1.5 million to support a new $2 million medical...








