Tom Wells is Chairman, President & CEO of WMC Holdings Inc., a family office that deploys capital across all asset classes, with a primary focus on private equity and venture capital. Before forming WMC, he owned and operated Wells Manufacturing Company, the only producer of continuous cast iron bar stock in North America and the largest in the world, prior to its sale in 2012. Tom is an Advisory Board Member at Iron Gate Capital (Boulder, CO) and a Director on the Board of the Chicago Booth Angels Network of Chicago. In addition to his investing background, Tom has significant experience in general management, operations and sales, with earlier roles at AT&T and Hewitt Associates. He earned his MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago (’94) and his BA degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana (’88).