Thomas Foley — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founded NTC Group, a private investment company, in 1985.
Served as the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland from 2006 to 2009.
Director of Private Sector Development for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq from 2003 to 2004.
Received the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award in 2004.
Holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Worked at McKinsey & Company and Citicorp Venture Capital.

Biography

Thomas Coleman Foley is an American businessman and politician. He founded NTC Group, a private investment company, in 1985. Through NTC Group, Foley oversaw the acquisition of companies such as the Bibb Company in 1985, T.

B. Woods Sons Company in 1986, and Stevens Aviation in 1989. NTC Group later sold its interest in Bibb in 1996 and T.

B. Woods to ALTRA Holdings in 2007.