Thomas Perez

Tom Perez strikes me as a builder rather than a performer in politics. From Buffalo and a son of immigrants, through Brown University and law, to Labor Secretary, DNC chair, and a senior White House role, his arc is unusually coherent. Recognition like a Time 100 nod tends to follow people who deliver results in unglamorous arenas, and labor and intergovernmental affairs are about as unglamorous as it gets. I value officials who move institutions and quietly improve ordinary lives over those who win attention through rhetoric. Perez reads to me as that scarcer, more useful type: a practitioner.

Name (English)

Thomas Perez

Name (Japanese)

トーマス・ ペレス

Reading

とーます・ ぺれす

Born

October 7, 1961 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Ox

Origin

Buffalo, New York, United States

Occupation

politician / lawyer

High school

Canisius High School

University

Brown University

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Time 100

• Official sitehttps://www.tomperez.org/
• Xhttps://x.com/TomPerez
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Perez
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7793121

Tags

• New York
• politician
• lawyer

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.