Rank #2377
James Scapa
Net worth $1.7B
Software · United States
- Born
- Jan 23, 1957
- Age
- 69
- Source
- 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
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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.