Guide Note

Steven Thomas, a millionaire founder of a Colorado-based software company, has been missing since June 30, 2008. He was last seen at the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii¹. Two months before his disappearance, Thomas was reportedly diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but had refused treatment.²

Fast Facts

1. Last seen: June 30, 2008
2. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder¹
3. Founded: Webroot Software, Inc.
4. Webroot Software was sold in 2004 for, a reported, $108 million³
5. Witnesses reported seeing him at a nearby beach⁴
6. As a child, Thomas was an internet hacker that, reportedly put on the FBI watch list⁴

Three days before he was last sighted, Thomas was arrested for running naked in the street outside his home.

According to Thomas' wife, Candis Thomas, he had been having paranoid delusions: "He thinks everyone on the island is out to get him...He thinks the military is involved, he thinks that aliens are involved."²