Thomas J. Peters (Tom Peters) is an eminent business management guru and a top consultant. His first big book, (co-written with Robert H. Waterman), "In Search of Excellence", was a bestseller, which gained national exposure when a series of television specials based on the book appeared on television and Tom himself hosted the show.

Tom received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University after which he served in the United States Navy and worked in the White House during the Nixon administration. He later worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company before becoming an independent consultant. Tom's ideology is focused on solving business problems with as little business process overhead as possible.