# Don Johnson

> Don Johnson is CEO at Docker. Docker Agent and Docker Model Runner on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

CEO, Docker.

Don Johnson became chief executive of Docker in February 2025, succeeding Scott Johnston. He founded Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as an executive vice president at Oracle and built it into a hyperscale cloud platform, and before that was a technical leader at Amazon Web Services from its start.

## What Don builds

- [Docker Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docker-agent.md), graded BB, 76.6/100, in Agent frameworks & SDKs. Docker's open-source runtime for building and running AI agents from YAML or HCL files, formerly cagent. It runs as a `docker agent` CLI plugin with a terminal UI, headless mode, HTTP, MCP and A2A servers, and a Go library. CEO, Docker, researched 2026-10-28.
- [Docker Model Runner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docker-model-runner.md), graded C, 57.2/100, in Local AI. Docker's open-source tool for pulling and running open models from Docker Hub, OCI registries or Hugging Face. It runs through Docker Desktop, Docker Engine or a standalone `dmr` binary, with local OpenAI-, Anthropic- and Ollama-compatible APIs. CEO, Docker, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Kamel Founadi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kamel-founadi/), Co-founder, dotCloud (now Docker)
- [Mark Cavage](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mark-cavage/), President and Chief Operating Officer, Docker
- [Mat Velloso](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mat-velloso/), Chief Product Officer, Docker
- [Sebastien Pahl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sebastien-pahl/), Co-founder, dotCloud (now Docker)
- [Solomon Hykes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/solomon-hykes/), Founder, Docker, left day-to-day operations in March 2018
- [Tushar Jain](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tushar-jain/), Chief Technology Officer, Docker

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Greylock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greylock/)
- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)
- [Insight Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/insight-partners/)
- [Tribe Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tribe-capital/)
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/)
- [Atlassian](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/atlassian/)
- [Citi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/citi/)
- [Vertex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex/)
- [Four Rivers](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/four-rivers/)

## Questions

### Who is Don Johnson?

Don Johnson became chief executive of Docker in February 2025, succeeding Scott Johnston. He founded Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as an executive vice president at Oracle and built it into a hyperscale cloud platform, and before that was a technical leader at Amazon Web Services from its start.

### What does Docker, Docker, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Docker Agent and Docker Model Runner from Docker, Docker, Inc.. Docker's open-source runtime for building and running AI agents from YAML or HCL files, formerly cagent. It runs as a docker agent CLI plugin with a terminal UI, headless mode, HTTP, MCP and A2A servers, and a Go library.

### Who has invested in Docker, Docker, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Greylock, Benchmark, Insight Partners, Tribe Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Atlassian, Citi, Vertex and Four Rivers.

### How are Don's tools graded?

Docker Agent is graded BB, 76.6 out of 100; Docker Model Runner is graded C, 57.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/docker
- https://www.docker.com/
- https://www.docker.com/support/
- https://www.docker.com/company/

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