Tomas Gorny
Founder & CEO, Nextiva · Serial Entrepreneur
Key facts
- Born 1975 in Poland as Tomasz Górny; emigrated to Germany at age 14 and to the US in 1996.
- Co-founded early web hosting pioneer Internet Communications, which was acquired by Interliant in 1998.
- Founded hosting provider IPOWER in 2001, which was acquired in 2011 by Warburg Pincus and Goldman Sachs for nearly $1B.
- Founded Nextiva in 2008, building it into an AI-powered CXM and communication platform valued at $2.7B.
- Maintains majority control of Nextiva with a 66.28% stake held through the Tomasz and Aviva Gorny Family Trust.
Biography
Tomas Gorny is a Polish-born serial entrepreneur and CEO best known as the founder of Nextiva. After growing up in communist Poland and living in Germany, he moved to Los Angeles in 1996 to enter the tech industry. Overcoming early financial setbacks, he built multiple successful tech ventures - including Internet Communications and IPOWER - before creating Nextiva, where he retains a 66% controlling stake in the $2.7B company.