- Thomas Healy, the 33-year-old founder and CEO of Hyliion, recently shared his take on high-pressure dealmaking in an interview with the School of Hard Knocks, a rapidly growing TikTok channel known for spotlighting entrepreneurs and modern business luminaries. Healy said his core negotiating advice is all about leverage and never getting “into a position where you’re desperate.”
Thomas Healy founded Hyliion in 2015 when he was a grad student at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University. Ten years later, Hyliion has raised over $750 million, gone public via a SPAC merger, and achieved a valuation of $1.6 billion, making Healy the youngest self-made billionaire in America. He toppled the previous title holder, Kylie Jenner, in 2020.
