# Tony Thomas (slim)

> Tony Thomas is co-founder of Zoho; leads Zoho US. Zoho Books, Zoho Mail API, Zoho People, Zoho Recruit and Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail) on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US.

## What Tony builds

- [Zoho Books](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-books.md), graded C, 61.1/100, in Accounting & invoicing. Zoho Books is hosted accounting software from Zoho for small and mid-sized businesses. Agents reach it through the REST API v3, covering invoices, bills, payments, banking, journals and the chart of accounts behind OAuth 2.0. Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US, researched 2026-10-27.
- [Zoho Mail API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-mail.md), graded D, 53.8/100, in Mailbox access. Zoho Mail is Zoho's hosted business email service. Its REST API lets an application read, search, send and organise mail in a Zoho Mail account and administer an organisation's users, domains, groups and policies, with OAuth 2.0 access. Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US, researched 2026-10-27.
- [Zoho People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-people.md), graded C, 55/100, in HR & employee operations. Cloud HR system from Zoho covering employee records, leave, attendance, timesheets, onboarding, performance and learning. Agents reach it through a REST API with OAuth 2.0, available on paid plans. Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US, researched 2026-10-27.
- [Zoho Recruit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-recruit.md), graded C, 59.8/100, in Recruiting & applicant tracking. Zoho Recruit is a hosted applicant tracking system from Zoho for in-house HR teams and staffing agencies. Agents reach it through the REST API v2 and asynchronous bulk read and write APIs, behind OAuth 2.0. Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US, researched 2026-10-27.
- [Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-zeptomail.md), graded C, 61.8/100, in Email delivery APIs. Transactional email service from Zoho, renamed from ZeptoMail to Zoho CPaaS in September 2026. It sends application email through a REST API or SMTP relay, with templates, domain management, suppression lists, logs and webhooks. Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Aishwarya Murugesh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aishwarya-murugesh/), Senior Product Manager, CRM
- [Ashok James](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ashok-james/), Product Manager, Zoho Desk
- [Rahul JR](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rahul-jr/), Senior Product Manager, Zoho Desk
- [Shailesh Kumar Davey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shailesh-kumar-davey/), Co-founder and CEO, Zoho Corp
- [Sridhar Vembu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sridhar-vembu/), Founder and chief scientist, Zoho

## Questions

### Who is Tony Thomas?

Tony Thomas is co-founder of Zoho; leads Zoho US.

### What does Zoho, Zoho Corporation make?

Anchor Terminal lists Zoho Books, Zoho Mail API, Zoho People, Zoho Recruit and Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail) from Zoho, Zoho Corporation.

### How are Tony's tools graded?

Zoho Books is graded C, 61.1 out of 100; Zoho Mail API is graded D, 53.8 out of 100; Zoho People is graded C, 55 out of 100; Zoho Recruit is graded C, 59.8 out of 100; Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail) is graded C, 61.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.zoho.com/books/
- https://www.zoho.com/books/help/
- https://www.zoho.com/aboutus.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoho_Corporation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sridhar_Vembu
- https://www.zoho.com/mail/
- https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/
- https://www.zoho.com/people/
- https://www.zoho.com/people/resources.html
- https://www.zoho.com/recruit/
- https://www.zoho.com/recruit/resources.html
- https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/
- https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/help/
- https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/contact.html

These 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.