{"id":774453,"date":"2026-07-31T12:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=announcements&#038;p=774453"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:36:35","slug":"esri-president-jack-dangermond-named-among-forbes-250-americas-greatest-innovators","status":"publish","type":"announcements","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/announcements\/esri-president-jack-dangermond-named-among-forbes-250-americas-greatest-innovators","title":{"rendered":"Esri President Jack Dangermond Named Among Forbes 250 America\u2019s Greatest Innovators"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4102,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774453","announcements","type-announcements","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Mapping Technology Trailblazer Honored at America Innovates with Fellow Industry Leaders ","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Mapping Technology Trailblazer Honored at <\/em>America Innovates<em> with Fellow Industry Leaders<\/em><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Esri announced that its president, Jack Dangermond, has been named one of the Forbes 250 America\u2019s Greatest Innovators for his leadership in geographic information system (GIS) technology.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Dangermond was honored at Forbes\u2019 America Innovates event in San Francisco, which recognizes 250 US business leaders shaping new industries and transforming existing ones.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Forbes recognized Dangermond\u2019s role in developing mapping software that connects data to real-world location for better decision-making.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>REDLANDS, Calif.\u2014July 31, 2026\u2014<\/strong>In May,\u00a0<em>Forbes<\/em>\u00a0recognized innovators in San Francisco as part of <em>America Innovates<\/em>, a three-day event that celebrates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alexknapp\/2026\/02\/11\/forbes-250-americas-greatest-innovators\/\">250 business leaders<\/a> who stand out as \u201cthe greatest living American innovators\u201d. Esri president Jack Dangermond was among those honored for his development of Esri\u2019s groundbreaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/what-is-gis\/overview\">geographic information system (GIS)<\/a> software.\r\n\r\n\"This is an honor that belongs to our entire community of users and staff, without whom the technology Esri built would not have been possible,\u201d said Dangermond.\r\n\r\nGIS reveals previously hidden patterns in vast amounts of data by connecting them to the real-world context of location. It\u2019s behind the decision-making of countless organizations from wildfire response and global supply chain risk mitigation to conservation efforts.\r\n\r\n<em>America Innovates<\/em> recognized leaders from transportation and finance to retail and consumer technology for bringing breakthroughs to market, transforming entire industries, and creating new ones.\r\n\r\nWatch Jack Dangermond\u2019s conversation with Forbes at <em>America Innovates<\/em>, as he explains how the word \u201cwhere\u201d inspired him to build the company behind the world\u2019s most powerful digital maps: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/premium-video\/2026\/05\/22\/2026-america-innovates--responsible-for-all-our-digital-maps-jack-dangermond-loves-the-word-where\/\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/premium-video\/2026\/05\/22\/2026-america-innovates--responsible-for-all-our-digital-maps-jack-dangermond-loves-the-word-where\/<\/a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>About Esri<\/strong>\r\n\r\nEsri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence,\u00a0and mapping,\u00a0helps\u00a0customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Founded in 1969 in Redlands, California, USA,\u00a0Esri software is deployed in hundreds of thousands of organizations globally,\u00a0including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, nonprofit institutions, and universities.\u00a0Esri has\u00a0regional offices, international distributors, and partners\u00a0providing local support in over 100 countries on six continents.\u00a0With its pioneering commitment to geospatial technology and analytics, Esri engineers the most innovative solutions that leverage a geographic approach to solving some of the world's most complex problems by placing them in the crucial context of location. Visit us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/home\">esri.com<\/a>.\r\n\r\nCopyright \u00a9 2026 Esri. All rights reserved. Esri, the Esri Globe logo, The Science of Where, ArcGIS, esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, service marks, or registered marks of Esri in the United States, the European Union, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products or services mentioned herein may be trademarks, service marks, or registered marks of their respective mark owners.\r\n\r\n<strong>Contact\r\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:media.help@esri.com\">media.help@esri.com<\/a>"}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Esri President Jack Dangermond Named Among Forbes 250 America\u2019s Greatest Innovators - Esri<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mapping Technology Trailblazer Honored at America Innovates with Fellow Industry Leaders\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/announcements\/esri-president-jack-dangermond-named-among-forbes-250-americas-greatest-innovators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Esri President Jack Dangermond Named Among Forbes 250 America\u2019s Greatest Innovators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/announcements\/esri-president-jack-dangermond-named-among-forbes-250-americas-greatest-innovators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Esri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/themes\/esri_newsroom\/placeholders\/Newsroom-Keyart-Wide.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Esri\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/announcements\/esri-president-jack-dangermond-named-among-forbes-250-americas-greatest-innovators\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/announcements\/esri-president-jack-dangermond-named-among-forbes-250-americas-greatest-innovators\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Esri President Jack Dangermond Named Among Forbes 250 America\u2019s Greatest Innovators - 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