Tom Arnost

Tom Arnost is a Principal at Verizon Ventures, where he is directly responsible for executing and managing strategic corporate investments on behalf of the broader telecommunications company. Prior to assuming this venture capital position, he served on the internal corporate development team at Verizon, focusing extensively on merger and acquisition transactions alongside various strategic planning initiatives. Before his tenure in corporate venturing, Arnost worked as an investment banking associate at the financial services firm Houlihan Lokey from 2016 to 2019. He initially began his professional career in the accounting sector, operating as a senior accountant at Raffa, PC, an accounting and consulting firm that subsequently merged with Marcum. Arnost's current focus centers on leveraging his multidisciplinary background in investment banking and corporate development to structure strategic venture capital deals within the global telecommunications sector.