Rank #191
Jack Dangermond
Net worth $15.5B
Mapping software · United States
- Born
- Jul 23, 1945
- Age
- 80
- Source
- Mapping software
- Residence
- Redlands, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, California State Polytechnical University; Master of Science, Harvard University; Master of Science, University of Minnesota
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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 and is thought of as the godfather of digital mapping technology.
- Esri has about a 40% share of the global geographic information system market.
- Esri has pledged $1 billion worth of free GIS Software to all American K-12 schools.
- Dangermond and his wife Laura go to work together every morning.
- In 2017, the Dangermonds donated $165 million to The Nature Conservancy to preserve 24,000 acres of a coastal ranch in California.