Thomas Tull is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Legendary Entertainment.
23 Facts About Thomas Tull
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Thomas Tull grew up in Endwell, New York, the son of a dental hygienist single mother.
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Thomas Tull next went into the field of financing, buying and selling several tax and accounting offices.
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Thomas Tull later became chief of operations of Tax Services of America.
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Thomas Tull's business was buying units from franchisees of Jackson Hewitt Tax Services rolling up and consolidating operations.
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In 2001, Thomas Tull left Interactive Technology Funds to join the Convex Group, an Atlanta-based investment group.
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Thomas Tull's firm invested in entertainment, where Tull began to learn the entertainment business.
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Thomas Tull founded Legendary Entertainment in 2005, becoming the CEO and chairman.
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Thomas Tull entered into a partnership in 2005 with Warner Bros.
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In 2009, Thomas Tull became the majority shareholder of Legendary, in a buyout of the original investors.
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Shortly after starting Legendary, Thomas Tull built a new analytics division within the company, which uses data to improve marketing decisions, in addition to other key decisions.
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One year later, in January 2017, Thomas Tull left the company.
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Thomas Tull describes himself as a "fanboy" of comics, and several of the films produced by Legendary were personal favorites of Thomas Tull, including Watchmen, 300, and Dark Knight.
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Watchmen had been in "development hell" for years when Thomas Tull arranged to pick up the rights.
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Thomas Tull describes himself as a "gamer", and co-founded the short-lived Brash Entertainment to work on film-to-video game conversions.
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In 2017, Thomas Tull founded Tulco, LLC, a Pittsburgh-based privately held holding company.
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Thomas Tull has invested in a variety of other AI and data science-driven companies including Luvos, Genies, Oculus, and Zoox.
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Thomas Tull has supported Republican causes, such as the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC for Senate Republicans.
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Thomas Tull founded the Tull Family Foundation, which has supported a number of causes in the youth, health, and education spaces including the National Little League, a donation of $4.2 million worth of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, a donation to the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation towards pediatric research and art therapy programs, and a grant to the University of Pittsburgh towards brain cancer research.
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Thomas Tull is a member of MIT School of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council, the board of trustees of Carnegie Mellon University, Yellowstone Forever, and the Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors.
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Thomas Tull was appointed a visiting scholar of innovation at the MIT School of Engineering beginning April 1,2022.
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Thomas Tull has been a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers since age four and in 2009 became a part-owner of the team.
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Thomas Tull is a founder and member of the American rock and southern soul band Ghost Hounds, in which he plays guitar.