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You are here: Home / * PRESS / 2016 ESRIUC / Jack and Laura Dangermond Named in Business Insider Top 100

Jack and Laura Dangermond Named in Business Insider Top 100

July 7, 2016 By Editor

Esri Joins List of Companies Creating Value for the World

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Redlands, California—July 7, 2016—In its inaugural edition of “The Business Insider 100: The Creators,” Business Insider has named Esri cofounders Jack and Laura Dangermond among the top 100 business visionaries creating value for the world. They are joined on the list by leaders from established businesses such as Apple, General Motors, and Ikea, as well as upstarts like Uber and Airbnb.

Esri technology uses geography and data (layered maps of accessible information) to make the world work better. Its customers use the software in tasks as urgent as evaluating damage from natural disasters and as practical as finding the best place to start a business. Today, this technology serves 350,000 organizations worldwide, including 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies and more than 7,000 colleges and universities.

While Esri has enjoyed popularity among a growing number of loyal users, its mission has always been greater than mere financial gain. Since the Dangermond’s know their technology can solve a huge scope of global problems, they give it away for free to organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which uses GIS technology to fight the spread of disease in Africa. Free Esri products are also used by wildlife and nature conservation organizations as well as K–12 schools seeking to improve their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs.

“When you have the information to understand your environment holistically, you are exponentially better equipped to make decisions,” said Jack Dangermond. “And the more people who have access to that kind of understanding, the better the world can be.”

The Dangermond’s are active philanthropists and were awarded the Audubon Medal last year for their contributions to conservation. Through their conscientious attitude toward their company’s role in the world, they continue to demonstrate that commerce can be a force for good.

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Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS, Esri software is used in more than 350,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at www.esri.com.

Esri, the Esri globe logo, GIS by Esri, ArcGIS,www.esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Esri in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners

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