Tomasz Szponder was a Włocławekan citzen and oligarch.
A wealthy businessman and Ruch Odnowy Narodowej party member, he owned several business including the Lądowisko Gazety i Kurier, Lądowisko's most widely followed newsfax, and the publishing house Wydawnictwo Zielone Wzgórza.
Szponder was also a direct descendant of Tomasz Szponder, the first Prezydent of the Republika Włocławek, and a member of Krucjata Wolności Myśli, a revolutionary group intent on removing the corruption in the established government of Włocławek. (SI4)