Tom Rielly

Tom Rielly is Founder and Chairman of PlanetOut Corporation, the largest online community for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people worldwide. PlanetOut offers news, entertainment and information to over 500,000 unique monthly visitors. PNO investors include America Online Investments and many Silicon Valley leaders. PlanetOut makes money through advertising, sponsorships, e-commerce, and royalties. Advertisers include Microsoft, IBM, Barnes and Noble, Music Boulevard, Paramount Pictures, Proctor and Gamble, Saturn Cars, United Airlines, Alamo Rent a Car, E*Trade, among many others. PlanetOut is the recipient of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Award for Outstanding Interactive Media, The Webby People's Voice Award for best community site, The AOL member's choice award, and the Microsoft Outstanding Content Provider Award. It recently received YahooInternet Life magazine's Best of the Best '98. In addition, Rielly received a medal for Outstanding Innovation in Information Technology from the ComputerWorld/Smithsonian Awards.