How much is Tom Anderson Worth? Tom Anderson Net Worth in 2026

By the Alux Research Team. How we estimate net worth

Tom Anderson’s net worth is estimated at $40 million as of November 2026. Everybody’s first Myspace friend probably got about 2.6 percent of the $580 million sale, and his reported contract to stay on was twice as big as that payout. He left in 2009, and his money since has mostly had to earn its own keep.

Net worth	$40 million (rough estimate, range $25 million to $70 million)
Born	November 8, 1970, California (age 55)
Country	United States
Known for	Co-founding Myspace, being your first friend on it
Main income sources	Myspace payout and News Corp contract, investment returns

How much is Tom Anderson worth in 2026?

Our figure is $40 million, in a range of $25 million to $70 million. This one is a rough estimate: little of the money is documented. There is no public record of his stake, and the two numbers everyone relies on are reported, not proven: a $15 million payout from an anonymous source, and a $30 million contract.

Public estimates disagree because most of them start from the $580 million headline and work down by feel. Many also seem to ignore the tax and 17 years of living costs that come after leaving at 38.

How we got to $40 million

Source	Our estimate	What it rests on
Sale payout, 2005	$9 million	An anonymous source cited by Vanity Fair estimated $15 million each for Anderson and Chris DeWolfe. We take 40 percent off for tax, our assumption.
News Corp contract	$18 million	Each founder was reportedly offered a $30 million contract to stay. We assume all of it was paid and take off the same 40 percent.
ResponseBase, 2002	$2 million	The pair sold their earlier marketing company for several million dollars. We assume $3 million for his share, less 40 percent. That rounds to $2 million.
Returns since 2009	$28 million	Assumption: the $29 million above grew at 4 percent a year after inflation and tax for 17 years, which adds about 95 percent.
Living costs since 2009	minus $17 million	Assumption: $1 million a year for 17 years. He reportedly has homes in Hawaii, Los Angeles and Las Vegas and travels a lot. The homes are part of the money above, not an extra row.
Total	$40 million	Rows sum to exactly $40 million, and all of them lean on assumptions.

The 2.6 percent founder

News Corp bought Myspace’s parent, Intermix, in July 2005 for $580 million. Anderson and DeWolfe had built the site inside that public company, so the check went mainly to Intermix’s owners. An encyclopedia profile says the founders got rich “though not because of any financial stake in MySpace”, and that Rupert Murdoch reportedly offered them multimillion-dollar bonuses.

By our calculation, $15 million is 2.6 percent of $580 million. Add the reported $30 million contract and his pre-tax take is $45 million, or 7.8 percent of the deal price, with two-thirds of it from staying at his desk.

The timing still beat everyone who came after. By June 2011, News Corp was reportedly close to selling Myspace for $20 million to $30 million. At $30 million, that is about 95 percent below what it paid. He had already gone, replaced as president in April 2009, and we found no tech company he has run since.

He won’t sell the photos

Photography should be the obvious second act. He took it up after Burning Man in 2011 and shoots scenery on long trips. It earns nothing we can count. A September 2026 report says he won’t sell his photos or take commissions because he doesn’t want them to feel like work. The same piece quotes him saying he made “more money than I’ll ever need or could spend.” Good for him, but it is not a sum.

The other late-career lines are small or undisclosed: a partnership and investment in the Blue Heron design-build firm, an ambassador role with the Students Golf clothing brand, and an adviser role at RocketFrog Interactive reported in 2012. We found no value for any of them, so none has a row.

The house, and what would move the figure

The one hard property number is a West Hollywood home bought in 2019 for $3.8 million, a house once owned by The Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart. That is about 8 percent of his $45 million pre-tax Myspace take, by our math, and it says nothing about the other two homes, whose prices we couldn’t find.

Three things would change our number. A record of what he actually got from the sale is the first, since $15 million comes from one unnamed source. Proof the $30 million contract paid out in full is the second, because the founders left in 2009, some months before their contracts expired. The third is the Blue Heron stake, if its value ever appears.

Tom Anderson net worth FAQ

How much did Tom Anderson make from selling Myspace?

An anonymous source cited by Vanity Fair put it at about $15 million. A $30 million contract to stay on was also reported, so we use $45 million pre-tax for the two together.

Did Tom Anderson own Myspace?

Myspace sat inside Intermix, so the sale money went largely to Intermix’s owners. One encyclopedia profile says the founders held no financial stake in the site, and no percentage was ever published.

What is Tom Anderson doing now?

He travels, shoots scenery and golfs. A September 2026 report also lists a partnership in the Blue Heron design-build firm and a role with Students Golf.

How old is Tom Anderson?

He was born November 8, 1970, so he is 55 until his birthday on November 8, 2026.

Does Tom Anderson sell his photography?

Reports say no. He has said he doesn’t want it to feel like work.

How accurate is the $40 million figure?

It is a rough estimate with a range of $25 million to $70 million. The payout, the contract and the returns are all reported or assumed, not documented.

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How we estimate net worth

Our estimates are based on public reporting, company valuations, and deal and earnings figures all compiled in an internal valuation model. They are approximate, and figures change over time as new information emerges.

Last updated: November 2026.