Thomas Tull

Biography

Thomas Tull (born June 9, 1970) is an American billionaire businessman, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is the former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Legendary Entertainment. 

Tull is the founder of Tulco LLC, an investment holding company that uses artificial intelligence and other technologies to guide investing.

Tull grew up in Endwell, New York, the son of a dental hygienist single mother. As a youth, Tull was an athlete, playing baseball and football. Tull graduated from Hamilton College in 1992.

After college, Tull abandoned plans to become a lawyer and instead went into business, starting a chain of laundromats. Among his innovations were different prices according to demand at different times of the day. 

Tull next went into the field of financing, buying, and selling several tax and accounting offices. He later became chief of operations of Tax Services of America. His business was buying units from franchisees of Jackson Hewitt Tax Services rolling up and consolidating operations.

 People who had established franchised locations often preferred being salaried managers. In 2001, Tull left Interactive Technology Funds to join the Convex Group, an Atlanta-based investment group.

 His firm invested in entertainment, where Tull began to learn the entertainment business. After discussing the potential of private equity with a film executive in 2003, Tull quit Convex, raising $600 million in equity to finance the production of movies under the Legendary Pictures banner.

He resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his wife and their children. They previously lived in Thousand Oaks, California. In January 2018, the 33-plus-acre Thousand Oaks compound was listed for $85 million.

Tull has been a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers since age four and in 2009 became a part-owner of the team. He is a founder and member of the American rock and southern soul band Ghost Hounds, in which he plays guitar.