Jack Dangermond
American businessman and founder of ESRI
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Jack Dangermond is an American businessman from California who founded ESRI, a technology company. He was born in 1945 and has an estimated net worth of ~$14.1 billion. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
Dangermond founded ESRI, according to the available biographical data. ESRI operates in the technology industry. Wikidata
Philanthropy
Jack Dangermond is listed as a signatory of The Giving Pledge under his own name. The Giving Pledge
Political Activity
The available sample contains at least 100 federal contributions, with figures covering only the 100 most recent records on file. Those sampled contributions total $439,300: $186,400 to Democratic recipients, $148,200 to Republican recipients, and $104,700 to PACs or other recipients. The largest listed recipients were the DNC Services Corporation ($100,000), NRCC ($90,000), and California Leadership United for Victory PAC ($40,800). FEC
In the News
A validated article dated June 12, 2026, reported that Jack Dangermond won the IFCE Green Development and Sustainability Award. The available news data contains four results, but only one was validated, so the reported coverage reflects the validated sample. NewsAPI
U.S. Presence
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.
By Party (in the sample)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.
Score Breakdown
The PBS is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.
Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency
Scored on 8/31/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source. View on Wikidata