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Overview

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

CB Rank (Investor)

50,594

Location Santa Barbara, California, United States
Regions West Coast, Western US
Gender Male
Also Known As Tom Linebarger

Investor Type
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Thomas Norman Linebarger is based out of Santa Barbara, California, and is the Chief Executive Officer of General Catalyst. Thomas previously worked at Cummins as an executive chairman. Thomas Norman Linebarger attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Mainspring Energy	General Catalyst	Yes	Series F - Mainspring Energy	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Thomas Linebarger

has

current jobs as

Chairman & CEO

Cummins Filtration

and

Chief Executive Officer

General Catalyst

. Additionally,

Thomas Linebarger

has had

past jobs including

President & COO

Cummins

Cummins Filtration Chairman & CEOJan 1, 2012
General Catalyst Chief Executive Officer

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Cummins	President & COO	2008	2011
Cummins	Executive Vice President & President of Power Generation Business	2003	2008
Cummins	Vice President & CFO	2000	2003
Cummins	Vice President of Supply Chain Management	1998	2000
Cummins	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	—	—
Cummins Southern Plains	Chairman and CEO	—	—
Cummins	Executive Chairman	Aug 2022	—
Cummins	CEO	Jan 1, 2012	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Thomas Linebarger

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

Mainspring Energy

Board of Directors

Republic Services

, and

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Cummins

Mainspring Energy Board Member2025
Republic Services Board of DirectorsFeb 2024
Cummins Chairman of the Board of Directors2009
Harley-Davidson Member of the Board of Directors2008
Energy Systems Network Member of the Board of Directors

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Harley-Davidson	Board of Director	—	Sep 10, 2025

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Recently funded virtual and augmented reality companies	65,294
Companies that recently went public	45,594
Black/African American Founded with funding since 2019	75,637
Top 1 Percent Of American Startups, By Funds Raised	481
European investors that have 5+ exits and investments in gaming	14,319
Top VCs in Asia with 10+ portfolio companies	2,435
Investors in drone companies over the past year	45,412
North America AI Early Stage	33,308
Nordic investors who invested in US & Asia companies	10,046
The Fortune 500 Companies	9,525

Education

Thomas Linebarger

studied at

Stanford University

, and

Claremont McKenna College

Stanford University MSManufacturing systems
Stanford University M.S.Manufacturing Systems
Claremont McKenna College GraduateManagement Engineering
Stanford Graduate School of Business M.B.A.unknown1993