User:Bananasoldier/Tom Szaky

Tom Szaky (born 1982) is an entrepreneur, known for starting TerraCycle, a company that makes consumer products from waste.

Biography
Szaky's parents are medical doctors, and Szaky himself is an only child. At age four, Szaky left his home in Hungary after the Chernobyl disaster. In 1987, Szaky immigrated to Canada, where he grew up in Toronto. Szaky attended high school at Upper Canada College.

Szaky attended college at Princeton University, studying psychology and economics.

Early career
Early on in his career, Tom started three small 'dot.com' companies. These were Werehome.com, piority.com, and studentmarks.com.

TerraCycle
In 2006, Tom was named the "#1 CEO under thirty" by Inc. magazine in its July 2006 issue for his work in TerraCycle.