Tom Crago

At the age of just 26, Tom Crago is one of Australia’s most successful young creative entrepreneurs. Tom is CEO of Tantalus Interactive, one of this country’s leading video game developers with over ten titles to their credit and huge worldwide sales. Tom mixes with the video game world’s biggest players and has worked with Sony, Nintendo and Sega.
Tom is also Chairman and CEO of Deft Creative Pty Ltd, a multinational Media Consultancy specialising in video games, the internet, film and television. Previously, he worked as a media lawyer at Minter Ellison and as the Director of Development at Ratbag, another high profile video game developer. Tom grew Ratbag from a company of fifteen people to a company of nearly eighty, in the process overseeing the development of some of the world’s biggest selling games.
As well as studying for degrees in Law, Arts and International Business, Tom has enjoyed considerable success as a public speaker and a writer. His work has reached audiences through film, print, stage, radio and television. Tom Crago has also represented Australia in the sport of athletics and was the Pacific Games Champion in the Triple Jump in 1992. Tom Crago is an energetic and articulate speaker with a rare mix of knowledge and management expertise.