Founder Profile
Tom Proulx
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Tom Proulx?
Tom Proulx is a founder of Intuit Inc., which was founded in 1983 with Scott Cook.
- Company founded
- Intuit Inc.
- Founded
- 1983
- Co-founders
- Scott Cook
Background
Studied electrical engineering at Stanford University; programmer of the first Quicken release.
Founding Story
Tom Proulx was a Stanford University student when he joined Scott Cook in 1983 and wrote the original Quicken program. He led product development during Intuit's early years and later left the company's day-to-day management.
Proulx was Intuit's first programmer and wrote the first version of Quicken. He was a pioneer of usability testing in the 1980s and later became involved with NetPulse. Tom Proulx was born in 1961.