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 jack dangermond president , esri
jack dangermond

jack dangermond is an american businessman and environmental scientist .
in 1969 , he co-founded with his wife laura the environmental systems research institute -lrb- esri -rrb- , a privately held geographic information systems -lrb- gis -rrb- software company .
in may 2015 , his net worth was estimated by `` forbes '' at us$ 3.1 billion .
dangermond is the company 's president and founder , and he works out of esri 's headquarters in redlands , california .
dangermond founded esri 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 .
today esri is the largest gis software developer in the world and its flagship product , arcgis , traces its heritage to dangermond 's initial efforts in developing arc/info .
