Thomas L. Kivisto

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Thomas L. Kivisto
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SemGroup, L.P.
President & CEO

Tom Kivisto co-founded SemGroup, L.P. in April 2000 and serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer. Under his leadership, SemGroup has completed more than 40 acquisitions and its total assets have grown from $227.4 million in 2000 to more than $3.6 billion at year-end 2005.

[edit] Education

Kivisto earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, majoring in pre-med/psychology. He was a member of the University of Kansas basketball team from 1970 to 1974. While there, Kivisto was a member of KU’s 1974 NCAA Final Four team. He was named Academic All American, All Big 8 and Academic All Big 8. Kivisto played high school basketball in the Chicago area where he was born. He is a member of the Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame. His post-graduate work was in urban planning.

[edit] Community involvement

Kivisto moved his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1993 after having lived in Wichita, Kansas for 15 years working for Koch Industries. He started his own services company, SemGroup, which has become one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.

Kivisto donated over $15 million to his alma mater, the University of Kansas, to help finance the building of new football facilities at the school. ^[1]

Kivisto serves on the board of directors of BOK Financial Corporation (NASDAQ – BOKF), Saint Francis Health System, Family & Children’s Services, and Project Single Parent, a nonprofit organization of which he is a cofounder. In 2006, Kivisto also was named to the University of Tulsa Board of Trustees.

In 2006, The Pipe Liners Club of Tulsa recognized Kivisto with its President’s Award.

In January 2007, TulsaPeople Magazine named Kivisto "Tulsan of the Year" for 2006.^[2]

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