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Blase Thomas "Tom" Golisano (born November 14, 1941) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of Paychex, the second largest payroll processor in the United States and former co-owner (along with real estate developer Larry Quinn) of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team and of the Buffalo Bandits lacrosse team. He sold the Sabres and its assets to multi-billionaire Terrence Pegula in February 2011. Golisano made a bid for the bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in early 2012;〔(Golisano talks about Dodgers bid ) Retrieved 2011-11-11.〕 but his group was eventually outbid by a consortium led by Magic Johnson and the Guggenheim Partners. He also made a bid for the Buffalo Bills when that franchise came up for sale in 2014.〔Wawrow, John (August 6, 2014). (Golisano submits bid to buy Bills ). ''Associated Press''. Retrieved August 6, 2014.〕 Golisano has an associate's degree from Alfred State College. He is a founding member of the Independence Party of New York and ran on its ticket for governor of New York in 1994, 1998 and 2002. Although never elected, his percentage of the vote increased with each election. He spent a combined $93 million on the three campaigns.〔Freakonomics revised and expanded edition, page 7〕 By receiving more than 50,000 votes each time, Golisano brought the Independence Party an automatic ballot line for the succeeding four years. There was speculation that he would run for governor again on the Republican ticket, but it was announced on May 15, 2009 that he was moving to Florida allegedly to escape the tax burden in New York.〔(Why I'm Leaving New York ), niagarafallsreporter.com, Guest View by Tom Golisano〕 ==Political involvement== After New York's Republican Governor George Pataki announced he would not run again in the 2006 election, GOP officials attempted to recruit Golisano to run for the Republican nomination. Golisano changed his party affiliation to the GOP (with the Independence Party's chairman's blessing) in October 2005, apparently in preparation for another gubernatorial run. On February 1, 2006, however, Golisano announced that he would not run for the governorship.〔 〕 In August 2008, Golisano contributed $1 million to the Democratic National Convention.〔(8-20-2008 - "NY Republican Tom Golisano gives big money to Democratic convention" - Muckety )〕 In July 2008, Golisano formed a PAC called Responsible New York. He funded it with $5 million of his own money. The PAC gives money to candidates for the New York state legislature, regardless of party. The PAC is aiming to support candidates in favor of property tax cuts and election reform.〔 In October 2008, Golisano voiced his opinion in favor of term limits for public offices in the City of New York. Golisano has vowed to fight Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to extend term limits, arguing that the people of New York City have voted twice in favor of the current law.〔(Council To Vote On Term Limits Issue On Thursday - NY1 )〕 In June 2009, Golisano took partial credit for creating the 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis, where Republican seized control of a body that still retained a Democratic majority. Golisano, who had supported a number of Democratic Party candidates during the 2008 election, was dissatisfied with, among other things, the Democratic plan to solve the state's budget crisis by raising taxes on New York's wealthiest residents. He orchestrated the defection of Democratic senators Pedro Espada Jr. and Hiram Monserrate, who voted with Republicans to reinstall Dean Skelos as majority leader. In February 2011, Golisano became the spokesman for National Popular Vote Inc., a non-profit organization seeking to implement a popular vote system for presidential elections by harnessing the Electoral College. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Golisano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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