Jack Dangermond
Jack Dangermond | |
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Dangermond in 2012 | |
| Born | Paul Jacob Dangermond July 23, 1945 Loma Linda, California, U.S. |
| Education | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (BS) University of Minnesota (MUP) Harvard University (MLA) |
| Known for | Co-founder and president, Esri |
| Spouse |
Laura C. Herman (m. 1966) |
| Website | esri |
Paul Jacob Dangermond (born July 23, 1945) bka Jack Dangermond is an American billionaire businessman and environmental scientist. He is the co-founder and president of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), a privately held geographic information systems (GIS) software company that he started with his wife Laura in 1969. As of July 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$9.3 billion.
Dangermond, Esri's president, works at its headquarters in Redlands, California. He founded the company to perform land-use analysis; however, its focus evolved into GIS-software development, highlighted by the release of ARC/INFO in the early 1980s. The development and marketing of ARC/INFO positioned Esri with the dominant market share among GIS-software developers. Esri's flagship product, ArcGIS, traces its heritage to Dangermond's initial efforts in developing ARC/INFO.
Dangermond is the founder of GIS Day: an annual, worldwide event taking place since 1999 to celebrate accomplishments and to promote the use of GIS and its technology.