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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style>Blase Thomas Golisano (born November 14, 1941)<a href="#cite_note-Forbes_Billionaires_2010-1">[1]</a> is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. <table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Tom Golisano</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Golisano.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Tom_Golisano.JPG/250px-Tom_Golisano.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Tom_Golisano.JPG/330px-Tom_Golisano.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Tom_Golisano.JPG/500px-Tom_Golisano.JPG 2x" data-file-width="921" data-file-height="925"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Blase Thomas Golisano</div> (1941-11-14) November 14, 1941 (age 83) <div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a>, U.S</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_State_College" title="Alfred State College">Alfred State College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Associate_Degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate Degree">AAS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_New_York" title="Independence Party of New York">Independence</a> (1991–2005) <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (2005–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monica_Seles" title="Monica Seles">Monica Seles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://golisanofoundation.org">Golisano Foundation</a></td></tr></tbody></table> He is the founder of <a href="/wiki/Paychex" title="Paychex">Paychex</a>, which offers payroll and human resources services to businesses. Golisano owned <a href="/wiki/Greenlight_Networks" title="Greenlight Networks">Greenlight Networks</a>, a fiber internet provider based in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a>, from 2019 to 2022. He owned the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">National Lacrosse League</a> from 2003 to 2011. Golisano unsuccessfully ran for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York">Governor of New York</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_New_York" title="Independence Party of New York">third-party</a> candidate in <a href="/wiki/1994_New_York_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 New York gubernatorial election">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 New York gubernatorial election">1998</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2002_New_York_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 New York gubernatorial election">2002</a>. As of 2020, Golisano had a net worth of US$5.2 billion. <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Business">1 Business</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Professional_sports">2 Professional sports</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Political_involvement">3 Political involvement</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Philanthropy">4 Philanthropy</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Golisano_Institute_for_Business_and_Entrepreneurship">5 Golisano Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Built_Not_Born">6 Built Not Born</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Personal_life">7 Personal life</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Electoral_history">8 Electoral history</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#See_also">9 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#References">10 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#External_links">11 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="Business">Business</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Golisano&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Business" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paychex_headquarters.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Paychex_headquarters.JPG/220px-Paychex_headquarters.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Paychex_headquarters.JPG/220px-Paychex_headquarters.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Paychex_headquarters.JPG/330px-Paychex_headquarters.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Paychex_headquarters.JPG/440px-Paychex_headquarters.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Paychex Headquarters in Rochester, New York</figcaption></figure> Paychex was founded by Golisano in 1971. He started the company with $3,000 and a credit card.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> Golisano served as its president and Chief Executive Officer from 1971 to October 2004. He has been the Chairman of Paychex since October 1, 2004, and its Director since 1979.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> In April 2018, it was announced that Golisano was purchasing Greenlight Networks, a Rochester-based fiber internet provider and local competitor to <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Telephone_of_Rochester" title="Frontier Telephone of Rochester">Frontier Communications</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charter_Spectrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter Spectrum">Charter Spectrum</a> that was established in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> Following Golisano's purchase of Greenlight, the company began expanding into new areas due to a $100 million investment by Golisano.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> However in 2022, Golisano sold his controlling equity shares of Greenlight Networks to the investment firm Oak Hill.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> The 2020 <a href="/wiki/Forbes_400" title="Forbes 400">Forbes 400</a> list stated that Golisano was the 238th wealthiest person in America with a net worth of $3.4 billion as of September 2020.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> The 2022 list of <a href="/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires" title="The World's Billionaires">The World's Billionaires</a> by Forbes ranked Golisano as the 490th wealthy billionaire with a net worth of $5.4 billion.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> In 2023, he was ranked as the 552nd wealthiest billionaire in the world with a net worth of $4.9 billion.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Professional_sports">Professional sports</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Golisano&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional sports" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> Golisano is a former co-owner (along with real estate developer <a href="/wiki/Larry_Quinn_(ice_hockey)" title="Larry Quinn (ice hockey)">Larry Quinn</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a> hockey team and of the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> lacrosse team.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> He purchased the Sabres from the NHL who had stripped the team from their previous owner <a href="/wiki/John_Rigas" title="John Rigas">John Rigas</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/Adelphia_Communications_Corporation" title="Adelphia Communications Corporation">Adelphia</a> CEO who was charged and convicted of <a href="/wiki/Bank_fraud" title="Bank fraud">bank fraud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mail_and_wire_fraud" title="Mail and wire fraud">wire fraud</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Securities_fraud" title="Securities fraud">securities fraud</a> and had owned the team since 1997.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> He sold the Sabres and its assets to billionaire <a href="/wiki/Terrence_Pegula" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrence Pegula">Terrence Pegula</a> in February 2011.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Golisano made a bid for the bankrupt <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> franchise in early 2012,<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> but his group was eventually outbid by a consortium led by <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Guggenheim_Partners" title="Guggenheim Partners">Guggenheim Partners</a>. In order to help keep the team in western NY, he also made a bid for the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> when that franchise came up for sale in 2014;<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> that team was also ultimately purchased by Pegula.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Political_involvement">Political involvement</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Golisano&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political involvement" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> Golisano is a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_New_York" title="Independence Party of New York">Independence Party of New York</a> and ran on its ticket for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York">governor of New York</a> in 1994, 1998 and 2002. Although he was never elected, his percentage of the vote increased with each election. He spent a combined $93 million on the three campaigns.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> By receiving more than 50,000 votes each time, Golisano brought the Independence Party an automatic ballot line for the succeeding four years. After New York's Republican governor, <a href="/wiki/George_Pataki" title="George Pataki">George Pataki</a> announced he would not run again in the 2006 election, Republican officials attempted to recruit Golisano to run for the Republican nomination. He changed his party affiliation to Republican, with the Independence Party's chairman's blessing, in October 2005, apparently in preparation for another gubernatorial run. In February 2006, Golisano announced that he would not run for the governorship.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> In August 2008, Golisano contributed $1 million to the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention" title="Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention</a>.<a href="#cite_note-news.muckety.com-18">[18]</a> In July 2008, Golisano formed a PAC called Responsible New York and funded it with $5 million of his own money. The PAC gives money to candidates for the New York state legislature, regardless of party, and supports candidates for property tax cuts and election reform.<a href="#cite_note-news.muckety.com-18">[18]</a> In October 2008, Golisano voiced his opinion in favor of term limits for public offices in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. Golisano vowed to fight Mayor <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg" title="Michael Bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a>'s proposal to extend term limits, arguing that the people of New York City have voted twice in favor of the current law.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> 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 to escape New York's high taxes.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> In June 2009, Golisano took partial credit for creating the <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_State_Senate_leadership_crisis" title="2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis">2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis</a> in which Republicans temporarily seized control of a body that still retained a Democratic enrollment edge. Golisano, who had supported a number of Democratic Party candidates during the 2008 election, was dissatisfied with things like the Democrats' effort to solve the state's budget crisis by raising taxes on New York's wealthiest residents. He orchestrated the defection of Democratic senators <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Espada_Jr." title="Pedro Espada Jr.">Pedro Espada Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hiram_Monserrate" title="Hiram Monserrate">Hiram Monserrate</a>, who voted with Republicans to reinstate <a href="/wiki/Dean_Skelos" title="Dean Skelos">Dean Skelos</a> as majority leader.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> The attempted coup failed when Espada and Monserrate returned to the Senate Democratic Conference.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> In February 2011, Golisano became the spokesman for <a href="/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Inc." title="National Popular Vote Inc.">National Popular Vote Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization seeking to implement a <a href="/wiki/Direct_election" title="Direct election">popular vote</a> system for <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election" title="United States presidential election">presidential elections</a> by harnessing the <a href="/wiki/United_States_electoral_college" class="mw-redirect" title="United States electoral college">electoral college</a>.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> In January 2018, Golisano announced the formation of a campaign called Tax My Property Fairly. The stated purpose of the campaign is "to help Upstate New York homeowners fight for fair property taxes."<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Golisano&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Philanthropy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RIT_building_-_Golisano_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/RIT_building_-_Golisano_Building.jpg/220px-RIT_building_-_Golisano_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="2304"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 293px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/RIT_building_-_Golisano_Building.jpg/220px-RIT_building_-_Golisano_Building.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="293" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/RIT_building_-_Golisano_Building.jpg/330px-RIT_building_-_Golisano_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/RIT_building_-_Golisano_Building.jpg/440px-RIT_building_-_Golisano_Building.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/B._Thomas_Golisano_College_of_Computing_and_Information_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences">B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Institute_of_Technology" title="Rochester Institute of Technology">Rochester Institute of Technology</a></figcaption></figure> As of Jan. 2021, Golisano has pledged or donated more than $300 million to a variety of philanthropic causes.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Golisano founded the B. Thomas Golisano Foundation in 1985 with an initial gift of $90,000. The Foundation awards grants to organizations dedicated to providing opportunities for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> In October 2008, Golisano donated $10 million to <a href="/wiki/Niagara_University" title="Niagara University">Niagara University</a> for a new B. Thomas Golisano Center for Integrated Sciences building.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In November 2009, Golisano donated $4 million to <a href="/wiki/Ave_Maria_University" title="Ave Maria University">Ave Maria University</a> for the construction of a new <a href="/wiki/Field_house" title="Field house">field house</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> In 2012, Golisano donated $12 million to the Special Olympics to launch the Healthy Communities initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to increase year-round access to health care for people with intellectual disabilities. He made an additional commitment of $25 million to Special Olympics in 2015 to expand Healthy Communities to 100 locations around the world. This was the largest single gift to an organization made by Golisano and the largest single gifts ever received from an individual by Special Olympics.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> Also in 2012, Golisano donated $20 million to build a new Golisano Children's Hospital at Lee Health in southwest Florida which opened in Spring 2017.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> In 2014, the Golisano Neurology and Rehabilitation Center opened at Unity Hospital in Rochester, funded in part by a $10 million contribution from Golisano.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Golisano and the Golisano Foundation were recognized among 30 givers and causes on Forbes' "Philanthropy's Big Bets for Social Change of 2015."<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> In June 2016, the Golisano Center for Community Health opened its doors to patients. The center, which provides integrated health care to people with disabilities and their families, was made possible with a gift of $3.5 million from Golisano.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> In September 2016, Golisano gave $7.5 million to <a href="/wiki/Nazareth_College_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazareth College (New York)">Nazareth University</a> for a new athletic training center that will aim to be a model of inclusion, fitness and wellness, and is expected to open in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Also in September 2016, Golisano gave $2 million to the <a href="/wiki/WXXI_Public_Broadcasting_Council" title="WXXI Public Broadcasting Council">WXXI Public Broadcasting Council</a> for equipment. This was his second gift to WXXI; he gave $2 million in 2004 to allow WXXI to upgrade to digital broadcasting equipment.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> In April 2017, the City of Rochester announced modified Rochester Broadway Theatre League proposal for <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Plaza_(Rochester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Midtown Plaza (Rochester)">Midtown Plaza</a> which in partnership with Morgan Development would include a performing arts center to be called the Golisano Center for the Performing Arts in honor of a donation made to the project by Golisano.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> Also in 2017, at the Special Olympics World Games, the first Golisano Global Health Care Leadership Awards were presented to recognize those who are advancing inclusive health for people with intellectual disabilities.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> Golisano donated $14 million to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rochester" title="University of Rochester">University of Rochester</a>, which renamed their pediatric facility at <a href="/wiki/Strong_Memorial_Hospital" title="Strong Memorial Hospital">Strong Memorial Hospital</a> the <a href="/wiki/Golisano_Children%27s_Hospital_(Rochester,_NY)" title="Golisano Children's Hospital (Rochester, NY)">Golisano Children's Hospital</a> in 2002. In 2012, Golisano pledged an additional $20 million to URMC to build a new Golisano Children's Hospital, which opened in 2015.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> In April 2017, Golisano and the Golisano Foundation pledged $3 million to construct a facility dedicated to providing services to families of autistic children and adults in the city of Rochester.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> The Golisano Autism Center, which opened in September 2019 in a new 33,000 sq. ft. building, is unique in how it integrated numerous recreational, medical and educational support providers and services into one location.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> In 2024, Golisano donated $360 million to 82 different non-profits across Upstate New York.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Golisano_Institute_for_Business_and_Entrepreneurship">Golisano Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Golisano&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Golisano Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> Golisano founded the Golisano Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship in Brighton, NY, that opened fall 2023. The school offers two-year certificates, focuses exclusively on business coursework, and caps enrollment at 500 students.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Golisano has said the school is oriented to "reducing the time and cost of business-related education."<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> The business institute is housed in a former Paychex building that Golisano bought for $10 million in October 2022. A WXXI News report stated the school is a "nonprofit venture" and reported that Golisano is "bankrolling the institution, but he is not running it."<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> Tuition is $8,900 per year, and the Thomas Golisano Foundation is covering the school's operating costs.<a href="#cite_note-Smriti_Jacob-47">[47]</a> Golisano hired Ian Mortimer, who was previously the associate provost at the Rochester Institute of Technology, as the school's first president.<a href="#cite_note-Smriti_Jacob-47">[47]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="Built_Not_Born">Built Not Born</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Golisano&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Built Not Born" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> In February 2020, Golisano released Built, Not Born: A Self-Made Billionaire's No-Nonsense Guide for Entrepreneurs, co-authored by Mike Wicks. The book, published by <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>, contains business advice drawn from Golisano's fifty years of experience.<a href="#cite_note-ce-48">[48]</a> The book reached #1 on Barnes & Noble's bestselling business book charts.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Golisano&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> Three times divorced, Golisano is married to former tennis player <a href="/wiki/Monica_Seles" title="Monica Seles">Monica Seles</a>.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Golisano&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Electoral history" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_New_York_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 New York gubernatorial election">2002 race for Governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Pataki" title="George Pataki">George Pataki</a> (R) (inc.), 49%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_McCall" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl McCall">Carl McCall</a> (D), 34%</li> <li>Tom Golisano (I), 14%</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 New York gubernatorial election">1998 race for Governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Pataki" title="George Pataki">George Pataki</a> (R) (inc.), 54%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Vallone_Sr." title="Peter Vallone Sr.">Peter Vallone</a> (D), 33%</li> <li>Tom Golisano (I), 8%</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_New_York_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 New York gubernatorial election">1994 race for Governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Pataki" title="George Pataki">George Pataki</a> (R), 49%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Cuomo" title="Mario Cuomo">Mario Cuomo</a> (D) (inc.), 45%</li> <li>Tom Golisano (I), 4%</li></ul></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Golisano&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section 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