James Scapa
$1.7B
Born
Jan 23, 1957
Age
69
Source of Wealth
Software
Residence
Atherton, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Columbia University; Master of Business Administration, University of Michigan
- He took Altair public in 2017 and served as chairman and CEO from the company's founding until it was acquired by Siemens for nearly $10 billion in 2025.
- Scapa walked away from the all-cash deal with $1.9 billion before taxes and launched a new family office called Escape Investment Management.
- Scapa grew up in New York as the son of Greek immigrant Holocaust survivors and graduated from Columbia University
- Scapa grew up in New York as the son of Greek immigrant Holocaust survivors and graduated from Columbia before leaving the East Coast.
- James Scapa left his job as a computer engineering consultant for General Motors to start software company Altair Engineering with two coworkers in 1985.
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