Tom Leighton

Founder at AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Net worth: 409 M $ as of 31/05/2026

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Founder of Akamai Technologies, Inc., Frank Thomson Leighton presently is Chief Executive Officer & Director at this company. Dr. Leighton is also on the board of American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Technology Ceo Council and Society for Science & the Public and Member of National Academy of Sciences and Member of National Academy of Engineering. In his past career he was Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chairman-Special Interest Group at Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. and Member of MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Dr. Leighton received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1.88%	06/03/2026	2,736,296 ( 1.88% )	409 M $	31/05/2026

Tom Leighton active positions

Companies	Position	Start
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Founder	20/08/1998
Society for Science & the Public Society for Science & the Public Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Offers educational programs on scientific research	Director/Board Member	01/01/2009
National Academy of Engineering National Academy of Engineering Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a professional membership organization	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
American Academy of Arts & Sciences American Academy of Arts & Sciences Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as organization which honours excellence and convenes leaders	Director/Board Member	-
Technology Ceo Council Technology Ceo Council Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as IT industry public policy advocacy organization	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Tom Leighton

Companies	Position	End
President's Information Technology Advisory Committee President's Information Technology Advisory Committee General GovernmentGovernment Operates as committe to provide information technology services to the president	Director/Board Member	01/01/2005
MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides educational and scientific computing services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
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Private companies	11
Akamai Technologies, Inc. Akamai Technologies, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Provides cloud computing, security and content delivery services	Technology Services
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Functions as a College/University	Finance
Princeton University Princeton University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology	Commercial Services
American Academy of Arts & Sciences American Academy of Arts & Sciences Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as organization which honours excellence and convenes leaders	Commercial Services
National Academy of Engineering National Academy of Engineering Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a professional membership organization	Commercial Services
Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides educational and scientific computing services	Commercial Services
President's Information Technology Advisory Committee President's Information Technology Advisory Committee General GovernmentGovernment Operates as committe to provide information technology services to the president	Government
Technology Ceo Council Technology Ceo Council Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as IT industry public policy advocacy organization	Commercial Services
Society for Science & the Public Society for Science & the Public Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Offers educational programs on scientific research	Commercial Services
MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services