{{update|date=February 2024}}{{Short description|American venture capitalist and author}} {{Infobox person | name = Tom Matlack | image = | birth_date = Circa. {{Birth year and age |1965|07 }} | birth_place = United States | alma_mater = Wesleyan University<br>Yale School of Management | occupation = Venture capitalist, entrepreneur | known_for = Founder and managing partner of Megunticook Management | spouse = Elena (second wife) | children = 3 }}
'''Tom Matlack''' is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. In 2009, Matlack founded The Good Men Project.<ref name="goodmenproject1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodmenproject.org/TheGoodMenProjectPRESSKIT.pdf |title=The Good Men Project Presskit |editor1=Houghton, James |editor2=Larry Bean |editor3=Tom Matlack |publisher=The Good Men Foundation |accessdate=2010-04-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202085210/http://www.goodmenproject.org/TheGoodMenProjectPRESSKIT.pdf |archivedate=February 2, 2010 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/good-is-good-is-gossip-running-media/ Golocalprov.com]</ref>
== Early years and education == Matlack graduated from Wesleyan University in 1986 with a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Yale School of Management in 1991.<ref>[http://events.wesleyan.edu/f?p=173:6:0::NO::P6_DATEPICKER,P5_DATEPICKER_LABEL,P5_SEARCH_TERM,P5_CATEGORY_ID,P6_EVENT_ID,P6_SEARCH_TERM:03/08/2011,,,,123530, Wesleyan.edu]</ref><ref>[http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2005/sep/13/business-students-see-green-futures/ Yaledailynews.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925191618/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2005/sep/13/business-students-see-green-futures/ |date=2012-09-25 }}</ref>
==Career== He served as the chief financial officer of The Providence Journal until 1997 when the paper was absorbed in a $1.5 billion takeover by the A. H. Belo Corporation of Dallas, owner of The Dallas Morning News and a number of television stations.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906E4DD1739F933A25750C0A961958260&pagewanted=1 |work=The New York Times |first=Iver |last=Peterson |title=Providence Journal Sale Raises Doubts on Autonomy and Hackles in Family |date=March 10, 1997 }}</ref> The deal was orchestrated by Matlack.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/12/03/inside-story-of-belos-purchase-of-providence-journal/ |publisher=dmagazine |first=Wick |last=Allison |title=Inside Story of Belo's Purchase of Providence Journal |date=December 3, 2010 }}</ref>
Matlack has led several venture investments in the technology arena, such as Art Technology Group, where he invested at a $7.5 million pre-money valuation and exited most of his investors at a $5 billion valuation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=92437&privcapId=92435&previousCapId=4181445&previousTitle=University%20of%20Denver|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009184257/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=92437&privcapId=92435&previousCapId=4181445&previousTitle=University%20of%20Denver|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 9, 2012|title= Executive Profile: Thomas N. Matlack|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |date= |accessdate=2011-01-23}}</ref> In 2010, Art Technology Group was purchased by Oracle for 1 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-11-02/oracle-to-buy-art-technology-group-for-1-billion.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101104025343/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-11-02/oracle-to-buy-art-technology-group-for-1-billion.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= November 4, 2010 |publisher=Bloomberg Business Week |first=Katie |last=Hoffmann|title=Oracle to Buy Art Technology Group for $1 Billion |date=November 2, 2010 }}</ref>
From 1999 until 2010, Matlack founded and ran as a managing partner Megunticook Management, a venture capital firm that started more than 30 companies.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.megunticook.com/team.htm |title= Megunticook Team |publisher=Megunticook Management |date= |accessdate=2010-01-23}}</ref> Megunticook's biggest success was a company called Telephia in which the company was a lead investor.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.information-management.com/issues/20011001/4069-1.html |publisher=Information Management |first=Todd |last= Zilinski |title= Telephia Utilizes Databeacon for Extranet Delivery of Product to Customers |date=October 2001 }}</ref> In 2007, Telephia was sold to Neilsen for over $500 million.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/business/media/28adco.html?_r=1 |work=New York Times |first=Louise |last= Story |title= Nielsen Adds to Cellphone Tracking |date=June 28, 2007 }}</ref>
Beyond his work with The Good Men Project, Matlack is an active investor. He also founded Game Empire Enterprises.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://gameempireenterprises.com/bios.php |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110130044442/http://www.gameempireenterprises.com/bios.php |url-status= dead |archive-date= January 30, 2011 |title= Board of Director Bios |publisher=Game Empire Enterprises |date= |accessdate=2010-01-23}}</ref>
===Media appearances and interviews=== In October 2009, Matlack started the Good Men Book tour at Sing Sing prison. According to Matlack, "My book is about manhood and redemption. I have in my mind the image of Johnny Cash going into Fulsom Prison. Like his music, my book is about manhood, raw and unvarnished. So I need to find guys who understand what that is about. It's also about the possibility of redemption, about making mistakes, and about picking yourself up. I have no idea what I am going to say to these guys but I am going to try."<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXxYLx8PQ4k|title= A Visit to Sing Sing|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref>
In December 2009, Matlack appeared on the ''Tyra Banks Show'' where he donated, on behalf of the Good Men Foundation, $5,000 to help cover Christmas expenses for a family who had just lost their husband and father.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4gkoYet41A|title= Tom Matlack on Tyra|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref>
Matlack has interviewed David Kohan, creator of ''Will & Grace''<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8LDvK00T7g|title= Dave Kohan Interview|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref> and artist Shep Fairey.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IYBIs2DhYc|title= Shep Fairey's Thoughts on Manhood|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref>
He has also been interviewed by his own foundation where he discusses his reason for starting the Good Men Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwQ-Hh3Wut8|title= Interview with Tom Matlack|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref>
== Publications == Matlack's work has appeared in ''Rowing News'', ''Boston Common'', ''Boston Magazine'', ''Boston Globe'' Magazine and Newspaper, Wesleyan, Yale, ''Tango'', and ''PopMatters''. He is a regular columnist for ''The Huffington Post''.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-matlack |title= Tom Matlack |work=The Huffington Post |date= |accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>
Matlack has a regular column titled “Good is Good” as part of ''The Good Men Magazine'',<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://goodmenproject.com/category/good-is-good/ |title= Good is Good |publisher=The Good Men Magazine |accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref> a blog titled “The Good Man” for ''Men's Health'',<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://blogs.menshealth.com/good-man/|title= The Good Man |publisher=Men's Health |accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref> and regularly publishes pieces on his Scribd page.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.scribd.com/TMatlack | title= Tom Matlack |publisher=Scribd |accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>
Matlack has had op-ed pieces published in the ''Boston Globe'' as well as regular feature articles.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/05/27/masking_our_powers/ |publisher=The Boston Globe |title=Masking Our Powers | first=Tom|last=Matlack |date=May 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url= http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2009/04/12/is_boston_ready_for_a_revolution/ |publisher=The Boston Globe |title= Is Boston Ready for a Revolution? |first=Tom|last=Matlack |date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> He has also contributed multiple pieces to ''Boston Magazine''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/home/189310/results?content=matlack&type=12|title= Tom Matlack|publisher=Boston Magazine |accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>
Once an avid rower at Wesleyan, he has also had pieces featured in Rowing News.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.thomasmatlack.com/articles/thecontender.pdf |publisher=Rowing News |title= Contender |first=Tom|last=Matlack |date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> His connection to Wesleyan also allowed him to interview ''Mad Men'' creator Matthew Weiner for the ''Wesleyan Magazine''.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.wesleyan.edu/cgi-bin/cdf_manager/template_renderer.cgi?item=70890|publisher=Wesleyan Magazine |title= Seven Deadly Sins |first=Tom|last=Matlack |accessdate=2010-01-24 }}</ref>
==The Good Men Foundation== The Good Men Foundation is a nonprofit charitable corporation based in the state of New York. It is dedicated to helping organizations that provide educational, social, financial, and legal support to men and boys at risk.
Tom Matlack and his business counterpart, James Houghton, created The Good Men Foundation to drive discussion about cultural issues pertaining to men.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/ct-tribu-weigel-good-men-20101202,0,6738782.column |publisher=Chicago Tribune |title=How to be a good man |first=Jen |last=Weigel |date=December 2, 2010}}</ref>
Matlack left the Good Men Project on April 9, 2013, two days after publishing an article critical of an editorial by Catherine Rampell in the New York Times published on April 2.<ref>[http://goodmenproject.com/press/on-tom-matlack-and-the-good-men-project/ Goodmenproject.com]</ref><ref>[http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/whats-a-guy-to-do/ Goodmenproject.com]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lean In, Dad (Published 2013) |work=The New York Times |date=2 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411023152/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/magazine/how-shared-diaper-duty-could-stimulate-the-economy.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=2021-04-11 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/magazine/how-shared-diaper-duty-could-stimulate-the-economy.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& |last1=Rampell |first1=Catherine }}</ref> During that same week, he also deleted his Twitter account.
In 2019, the foundation released documentary film, "The Good Men Project: Real Stories From the Front Lines of Modern Manhood". The film was directed and produced by Matthew Gannon and features Kent George, John Sheehy, Bruce Ellman, Mark St.Amant, Konstantin Selivan, Amin Ahmad, Charlie LeDuff, Stuart Horwitz, Michael Kamber and Rolf Gates.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP9dhhvvbIA|title= The Good Men Project Film Trailer |publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2010-01-25}}</ref>
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