Founder of a listed tool

Jack Dangermond

Co-founder and president, Esri, named behind the ArcGIS Location Platform listing on Anchor Terminal.

Co-founder and president, Esri

Jack Dangermond co-founded Esri with Laura Dangermond in 1969 in Redlands, California, first as a land use consulting firm, and is its president. Esri makes ArcGIS and remains privately held by its founders.

What Jack builds

  • ArcGIS Location Platform B · Maps, geocoding & places

    Esri's pay-as-you-go location services for developers. REST APIs cover geocoding, reverse and batch geocoding, place search, routing, basemap tiles, static maps, elevation and demographic enrichment, with an Esri-hosted MCP server in beta.

    Co-founder and president, Esri, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it

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Who is Jack Dangermond?

Jack Dangermond co-founded Esri with Laura Dangermond in 1969 in Redlands, California, first as a land use consulting firm, and is its president. Esri makes ArcGIS and remains privately held by its founders.

What does Esri make?

Anchor Terminal lists ArcGIS Location Platform from Esri. Esri's pay-as-you-go location services for developers. REST APIs cover geocoding, reverse and batch geocoding, place search, routing, basemap tiles, static maps, elevation and demographic enrichment, with an Esri-hosted MCP server in beta.

How are Jack's tools graded?

ArcGIS Location Platform is graded B, 65.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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