Tom's startup Myspace launched in 2003. Everyone used it. Pop culture embraced it. Most of all, musicians loved it. It was the first time followers meant something. It scared all the middlemen who owned distribution.
Myspace was sold in 2005 for $580 million. Tom walked away from the experiment rich. He attempted to stay on for a few years at the company, but became frustrated with: • Endless meetings • The inability for anybody to make a decision So he left.
Tom then dabbled with a few adviser roles. In 2009 he retired. Since then most people have no idea what happened to him.
Here’s his weird concept of retirement: "I’ll never say ‘never’ because, more than anything, I like the idea that anything can happen. I don’t know exactly where my life will lead. Adventure and the unknown has always been appealing to me."
Tom was going to travel the world and do nothing.
In 2011, he visited the Burning Man Festival.
He became inspired by photography.
“I’m not necessarily trying to represent nature exactly. I’m trying to make something beautiful like a painter would” – Tom
Tom traveled the world as a photographer for a few years.
“I haven’t wanted to take commissions or sell my photos, or do anything commercial with it — that would just feel like work, which I don’t want to do.”
All of his photographs got posted on Instagram
Tom disappeared again.
His last Instagram post was in 2018.
He did one interview with Tai Lopez in ~2019.
And he wrote one post on Meta's Threads app.
Other than that he's completely silent.
No one knows if Tom still does photography.