Tom Evans
Thomas R. Evans was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE), an internet publisher of consumer financial content and rate information from 2004 through 2013. In 2009, Mr. Evans took Bankrate through a $580 million go-private transaction with Apax Partners, a London-based private equity firm. Less than two years later, Mr. Evans led Bankrate through a $1.5 billion initial public offering. Mr. Evans also served on Bankrate's board of directors before retiring as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of their board at the end of 2013. In 2014 and 2015, Mr. Evans served as an advisor to Bankrate's board of directors. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Evans served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Official Payments Corp., an internet company specializing in processing consumer credit card payments for government taxes, fees and fines online. From March 1998 to June 1999, Mr. Evans was President and Chief Executive Officer of GeoCities Inc., a community of personal websites on the internet.
Prior to his internet experience, Mr. Evans was a 20-year veteran of the magazine business. From January 1991 to February 1998, Mr. Evans was President and Publisher of U.S. News & World Report. In addition to his duties at U.S. News & World Report, Mr. Evans served as President of The Atlantic Monthly (1996 to 1998) and as President and Publisher of Fast Company (1995 to 1998), a magazine launched in 1995. Mr. Evans previously served as a director of Millennial Media, Inc. (NYSE: MM), a public mobile marketplace company, from 2014 to November 2015, as a director of Future Fuel Corp. (NYSE: FF), a public chemical manufacturing company, from 2005 until September 2015, and as a director of Angie’s List from February 2016 to September 2017. Mr. Evans currently serves as a director of Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK). Mr. Evans received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Arizona State University.