Blase Thomas Golisano (born November 14, 1941)[1] is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
He is the founder of Paychex, which offers payroll and human resources services to businesses. Golisano owned Greenlight Networks, a fiber internet provider based in Rochester, New York, from 2019 to 2022. He owned the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League and Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League from 2003 to 2011. Golisano unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New York as a third-party candidate in 1994, 1998, and 2002. As of 2020, Golisano had a net worth of US$5.2 billion.
^"The World's Billionaires: #721 B. Thomas Golisano". Forbes. March 3, 2010. Archived from the original on March 14, 2010.
Blase Thomas Golisano (born November 14, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of Paychex, which offers payroll...
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S. state of New York. The party was founded in 1991 by Gordon Black, TomGolisano, and Laureen Oliver and acquired ballot status in 1994. They lost their...
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purchased by local billionaire businessman and philanthropist TomGolisano. Following Golisano's purchase of the company it began to rapidly expand across...
Sabres are owned by Terry Pegula, who purchased the club in 2011 from TomGolisano. The team has twice advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the...
third term, defeating Democrat Carl McCall and Rochester billionaire TomGolisano, who ran on the Independence Party line. As of 2024, this was the last...
list of largest corporations by revenue. Paychex was founded in 1971 by TomGolisano, who started the company with only $3,000. The operation grew to include...
opened becoming the Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital thanks to a $6 million gift from local philanthropist, TomGolisano. Ultimately the new children's...
Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts (following loss at convention) TomGolisano, businessman and Independence Party nominee for Governor in 1998 and...
Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League) from previous owners TomGolisano, Larry Quinn, and Dan DiPofi for $189 million. Pegula's purchase made...
support from college benefactors (including TomGolisano, the founder of Paychex), the Motherhouse became the Golisano Academic Center. The Infirmary became...
death. The bidders for the team included payroll processing magnate TomGolisano, natural gas tycoon Terrence Pegula, future President Donald Trump, a...
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first, and more recent movements include the Rochester businessman TomGolisano's Responsible New York campaign and the Buffalo developer Carl Paladino's...
with 48.8% of the vote to Cuomo's 45.5%, and independence candidate TomGolisano finished with 4.2%. Pataki made up for a soft performance in New York...
Pataki lost to Rochester businessman TomGolisano. This made Donohue both the running mate of Pataki and Golisano in the November election and made her...
gubernatorial candidate TomGolisano in the primary, but won the primary, while Governor Pataki lost the Independence primary for governor to Golisano. This made Donohue...
Nominee George Pataki Peter Vallone Sr. TomGolisano Party Republican Democratic Independence Alliance Conservative Working Families Running mate Mary...
the game, and a life beyond tennis. Seles is married to businessman TomGolisano, who is 32 years her senior. They began dating in 2009. The two announced...
franchise was purchased by another western New York multibillionaire, TomGolisano. On May 24, 2007, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld John's and...
Sabres franchise. The team remained a ward of the league until 2003, when TomGolisano purchased the team. WNSA was sold off in 2004 and is now WLKK. Empire...