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Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson, American businessman, co-founded Myspace

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Born
November 8, 1970
Age in 2026
56
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1970

About Tom Anderson

Thomas Anderson is an American technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the social networking website Myspace, which he founded in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe. He was later president of Myspace and a strategic adviser for the company. Anderson is popularly known as "Tom from Myspace", "Myspace Tom", or "My friend, Tom" because he would automatically be assigned as the first "friend" of new Myspace users upon the creation of their profiles. Anderson was a product tester and copywriter at XDrive, a digital storage company, in 2000, where he first met DeWolfe. With other eUniverse employees, Anderson set up the first pages of Myspace in August 2003. After XDrive went bankrupt in 2001, he and DeWolfe founded the direct marketing company ResponseBase.

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Tom Anderson timeline

  1. Anderson was a product tester and copywriter at XDrive, a digital storage company, in 2000, where he first met DeWolfe.
  2. After XDrive went bankrupt in 2001, he and DeWolfe founded the direct marketing company ResponseBase.
  3. With other eUniverse employees, Anderson set up the first pages of Myspace in August 2003.

The world when Tom Anderson was born

Tom Anderson was born in 1970. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1970

  • #1 song"Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon & Garfunkel
  • Top moviePatton
  • Top TV showMarcus Welby, M.D.
  • Best-selling bookLove Story – Erich Segal

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentPelé leads Brazil to 3rd World Cup title in Mexico
  • Top headlineThe Beatles officially break up
  • Technology milestoneFloppy disk invented by IBM
  • Defining fadBell-bottom pants
  • Notable inventionFloppy disk
  • World population3.70 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRichard Nixon
  • Sports championBaltimore Orioles (World Series)
  • Also wonNew York Knicks (NBA)
  • U.S. population205.1M

1970 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Tom Anderson's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19702026
Gas$0.36$3.45/gal
Average home$17,000$435,000
Average income$11,400$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.55$11.95
Postage stamp$0.06$0.73
Population205.1M341 million

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