Tommy Ahlers (born 18 November 1975 in Haderslev) is a Danish former businessman and politician who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party from 2015 to 2021.

He was the Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education in the Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet.

Ahlers is best known for the social networking and mobile backup site ZYB, launched in 2005 by two entrepreneurs from Copenhagen, Morten Lund and Ole Kristensen, and sold to Vodafone Europe BV for nearly $50m in May 2008.

[1] Before ZYB, where he has held the position of CEO since the company's inception, Ahlers spent six years in strategy and management, partly in the mobile industry.

[6] On 2 May 2018, Tommy Ahlers was appointed minister for Higher Education and Science in Denmark.