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Tom Walker ’54 is semi-retired, but he still keeps an office.
“I get on the golf course a little more than I used to,” he says.
He’s able to take a little more time now after turning a $100 investment into $475 million in 12 short years.
His former company, SourceCorp, provides businesses with solutions and strategies, including outsourcing. With $100, he and a friend were able to raise the $900,000 they needed to get the company going. In July, the partners sold the company and realized a significant profit.
An industrial engineering graduate, Walker became interested in the business end of things while working in acquisitions at Texas Instruments. Lafayette recognized his talents back in 1998 when he received the prestigious George Washington Kidd Award for distinguished professional achievement.
An important skill for his success is the ability to multi-task, something he learned at Lafayette. During his freshman year, Walker’s father died and the student took up full-time employment in addition to a full course load. During the school year he served as a headwaiter and on summer “break” he worked at a factory and as a lifeguard.
Now he helps students with scholarships.
“It’s not much,” he says. “Somebody gave me one while I was there. It’s really just a supplement to what they’re doing on their own. I’m trying to help some kids who have the limitations that I did.
“[Lafayette is] a school with a great deal of concern for the students. You don’t always see that.”
In addition to playing golf, Walker keeps busy by serving on the board of a charity and a company in Austin, Texas, and through business consulting.