Name
Jack Dangermond
Jack Dangermond
Redlands, California
Bachelor of Arts/Science, California State Polytechnical University | Master of Science, University of Minnesota | Master of Science, Harvard University
United States
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mapping software, Self Made
$4,900,000,000
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#504 Billionaires 2019
#177 Forbes 400 2018
Jack Dangermond founded Esri, the industry leader in GIS technology, a specialized software used for creating digital maps.He founded the company in 1969 with $1,100 in personal savings.Esri has about a 40% share of the global geographic information system market.
Dangermond and his wife Laura go to work together every morning.Esri, which the Dangermonds own, has gifted up to $1 billion of free GIS Software to all American K-12 schools.
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