| Thomas C. Nelson | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | Stanford University Harvard Business School |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Chairman and CEO, National Gypsum | |
| Term: | 1999- |
| Spouse: | Anna Wildy Spangler |
| Children: | 2 daughters |
| Relatives: | Clemmie Spangler (father-in-law) |
Thomas Craig Nelson (born 1961/1962) is an American businessman, and the chairman, CEO and president of National Gypsum, a company wholly owned by the Spangler family, since 1999.
He is the son of Mr and Mrs Nels Richard Nelson of Glenview, Illinois, an IBM marketing executive in Chicago.[1] His parents are both immigrants from Sweden.[2]
Nelson earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University in 1984, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1988.[3]
Nelson was vice chairman and chief financial officer of National Gypsum from 1995 to 1999, and has been the chairman, CEO and president since 1999.[3]
In 1990, Nelson married Anna Wildy Spangler, a Wellesley College graduate, a fellow 1988 Harvard Business School graduate, and a fellow partner in Wakefield Group, a Charlotte, N.C. venture capital firm.[1] She is the daughter of Clemmie Spangler.[1]
They have two daughters, and live in Charlotte, North Carolina.[4]