Tom Dundon is the chief executive officer, owner and governor of the Carolina Hurricanes. Mr. Dundon is also the Chairman and Managing Partner of Dundon Capital Partners, a Dallas-based private investment firm. His investment activities have spanned the sports, entertainment, healthcare, real estate, hospitality, technology, automotive and financial services sectors.  Born in New York and raised in Dallas, Mr. Dundon attended Southern Methodist University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1993 and served as president of Phi Gamma Delta. Then, with a number of partners, he cofounded a business focused primarily on automobile financing, which over the next 10 years and through a series of transactions, became Santander Consumer USA (“SCUSA”), a large U.S. consumer finance company majority held by Banco Santander. Mr. Dundon served in various capacities for the company, and ultimately became chairman and chief executive officer. In the summer of 2015, Mr. Dundon stepped aside as CEO of Dallas-based SCUSA to focus on his entrepreneurial investments via Dundon Capital Partners. Mr. Dundon and the firm actively pursue investments across industries. Key investments of Dundon Capital Partners include Employer Direct, a growth-stage healthcare services company, Pacific Elm Properties, a Dallas-area real estate company, Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp, the Carolina Hurricanes and a number of pickleball-related companies, including Pickleball.com and the PPA Tour.