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  "markdown": "Founder, Paychex, Inc..\n\nB. Thomas Golisano founded Paychex, the payroll and HR services company, in 1971, starting it with $3,000 and a credit card. He was its president and CEO until October 2004, when he became chairman. He later owned Greenlight Networks, a fibre internet provider in Rochester, New York, from 2019 to 2022.\n\n## What B. builds\n\n- [Paychex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paychex.md), graded E, 45/100, in Payroll infrastructure. Paychex's REST API reads and updates company, worker and pay data in Paychex Flex, a US payroll and HR service. Clients create an app inside their Flex account. Software partners apply to Paychex for a sandbox and production credentials. Founder, Paychex, Inc., researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Ryan Bergstrom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ryan-bergstrom/), Chief Product and Technology Officer\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is B. Thomas Golisano?\n\nB. Thomas Golisano founded Paychex, the payroll and HR services company, in 1971, starting it with $3,000 and a credit card. He was its president and CEO until October 2004, when he became chairman. He later owned Greenlight Networks, a fibre internet provider in Rochester, New York, from 2019 to 2022.\n\n### What does Paychex, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Paychex from Paychex, Inc.. Paychex's REST API reads and updates company, worker and pay data in Paychex Flex, a US payroll and HR service. Clients create an app inside their Flex account. Software partners apply to Paychex for a sandbox and production credentials.\n\n### How are B.'s tools graded?\n\nPaychex is graded E, 45 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.paychex.com/newsroom/executive-bios/ryan-bergstrom\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanbergstrom\n- https://www.paychex.com/corporate\n- https://www.paychex.com/\n- https://www.paychex.com\n- https://www.paychex.com/support\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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