# Jack Dangermond

> Jack Dangermond is co-founder and president of Esri. ArcGIS Location Platform on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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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](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcgis.md), graded B, 65.4/100, in 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 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Laura Dangermond](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/laura-dangermond/), Co-founder, Esri

## Questions

### 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.

## Sources

- https://location.arcgis.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esri
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dangermond

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