Tom Riddle is the birth name of Lord Voldemort, the primary antagonist of the Harry Potter series. As the orphaned heir of the wealthy Riddle family, Tom was raised in an orphanage until he was eleven years old, when he was invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
During his time at Hogwarts, Tom Riddle quickly became one of the most talented and ambitious students in the school’s history. He excelled in all of his classes, and he soon developed a reputation for being brilliant, cunning, and ruthless. Riddle also began to develop a fascination with the Dark Arts, and he eventually became a follower of Lord Voldemort.