Jon Fisher

Jon Fisher (born January 19, 1972) is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.[3][4][5][6] As of 2021, Fisher is the CEO and a co-founder of software company ViciNFT.[7][8] As a co-founding CEO, Fisher built multiple companies including Bharosa—which produced the Oracle Adaptive Access Manager and sold to Oracle Corporation for a reported $50 million in 2007,[9] NetClerk—now part of Roper Technologies, AutoReach—now part of AutoNation, [10][11][12] and CrowdOptic.

For the rugby coach and former player, see Jon Fisher (rugby union).
Jon Fisher
Fisher at Lowenstein Bat Mitzvah June 2024
Born (1972-01-19) January 19, 1972
Stanford, California
EducationVassar College, University of San Francisco[1]
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, speaker
SpouseDarla Kincheloe Fisher
Children1[2]

Early life and education

Fisher was born in Stanford, California to university professors Gerald and Anita Fisher. His father is a nuclear physicist at Stanford.[13] Fisher graduated from The Nueva School and Crystal Springs Uplands School, and attended Vassar College before graduating from the University of San Francisco.[14]

Career

In 1994, Fisher cofounded and was chief executive officer of AutoReach,[15] now an AutoNation company.[15][16] Former Oracle President and recent Hewlett Packard chairman Ray Lane was Fisher's first angel investor and also invested in two of Fisher's later start ups.[17] In 1998, Fisher was the co-founder and CEO of the business software company, NetClerk, Inc., now part of Roper Technologies.[18] The company created the online construction permit.[19][20] In 2004, Fisher cofounded and was chief executive officer of Bharosa, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2007.[21]

Academic career

Fisher is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco.[22] Fisher has written a book, Strategic Entrepreneurism: Shattering the Start-Up Entrepreneurial Myths, which was published in 2008 by SelectBooks.[23]

Fisher's 2018 commencement speech at the University of San Francisco was viewed more than ten million times. Drawing on this, his second book, I Took the Only Path to See You, was published in 2021 by Wiley Publishers.[24] The publisher also issued a non-fungible token (NFT) to promote the book.[25]

Honors

Personal life

Fisher is married to Darla Kincheloe Fisher and has a daughter.[28]

Fisher has been a trustee of the Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA and was a member of their 2008 capital campaign team.[29] He has also been a trustee of the Pacific Vascular Research Foundation in South San Francisco and he has been on the board of the Buck Institute For Age Research.[29] Fisher was a major fundraiser for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.[30][31][32] Fisher is the chairman of Bay.org including San Francisco Aquarium By The Bay.[28][33]

References
  1. "The Next Big Thing: USF Startup Founder Powers Google Glass". USF Newsroom. September 9, 2014. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  2. "Jon Fisher on Living His Best Financial and Family Life". Resident magazine. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. "A Man of the Future". Marin Magazine.
  4. Heidi N. Moore (October 20, 2008). "Experts: The Bailout Worked! So Far. That is, We Think". Wall Street Journal Blog. Archived from the original on 2009-10-23. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  5. O'Brien, Chris. "O'Brien: Jon Fisher says selling company -- and missing out on IPO -- should be every entrepreneur's goal". Mercury News. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  6. Michael del Castillo (3 September 2013). "5 reasons this inventor called software ban 'worst advice in history of capitalism'". Upstart Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2013-09-07. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  7. Reid, Calvin (20 April 2021). "Wiley Teams with Author to Create NFT Author Trading Card". Publishers Weekly.
  8. Thompson, David (30 August 2022). "'Doing Good' Gets Boost on ViciNFT's $1.8M Charity NFT Haul". Tech Times. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  9. "THE FOUNDERS: CrowdOptic Brings 'Context To Social' With Augmented Reality App". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  10. Dave Kearns (October 27, 2008). "Oracle delivers the fruit of its Bharosa acquisition". Network World.
  11. "CrowdOptic Brings Context to Social with Augmented Reality App". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  12. "A fascination with Oracle made this founder rich, and now he's invented a way to look through walls". Business Insider. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  13. Trei, Lisa (27 August 1997). "Physics Tank razed to pave way for completion of SEQ". Stanford Report. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  14. "Jon Fisher". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  15. "Patently Obvious? Score One for the Big Guys". Barron's. January 12, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.
  16. "O'Brien: Jon Fisher says selling company -- and missing out on IPO -- should be every entrepreneur's goal". 26 June 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  17. "CrowdOptic's Jon Fisher Warns Software Startup CEOs: Buck the Trends - Sand Hill Group". 11 April 2013.
  18. "Roper Technologies to Buy ConstructConnect for $636 million". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  19. Lynn Graebner (29 August 1999). "NetClerk: Building permits are just a mouse click away". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  20. Laurie J. Flynn (August 28, 2000). "Compressed Data; A San Francisco Company Learns What a Mayor Can Do for Business". New York Times. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  21. "Oracle Buys Online Identity Theft and Fraud Detection Leader Bharosa". Oracle press release. July 18, 2007. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  22. Heidi N, Moore (March 23, 2009). "Treasury's Bailout Plan: First, Stop Handing Out Cash". Wall Street Journal blog. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  23. Fisher, Jon (2008). Strategic Entrepreneurism : Shattering the Start-Up Entrepreneurial Myths. New York: SelectBooks, Inc. ISBN 978-1-59079-189-9.
  24. Lavars, Sherry (September 2020). "Anticipation builds for Jon Fisher - penned 'I took the only path to see you' after viral commencement speech". Reader's Digest.
  25. "Wiley Teams with Author to Create NFT Author Trading Card". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  26. "40 People to Watch: Jon Fisher". Silicon Valley — San Jose Business Journal. October 8, 2006. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  27. Jon Fisher Bharosa (Oracle '07) E&Y 2007 (Flash file). July 3, 2007. Event occurs at :20 to :35. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  28. "Board of Directors: Board Chair Jon Fisher". Aquarium of the Bay.
  29. "10 Things You Didn't Know About Entrepreneur Jon Fisher". Money Inc. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  30. "Marin volunteers stump for presidential candidates as primary nears". Marin Independent Journal. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  31. "The Technology 202: Joe Biden is raising some money in Silicon Valley. But he's losing the ideas primary there". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  32. "Here are the Bay Area and Silicon Valley bigwigs who raised huge sums for Biden". San Francisco Chronicle. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  33. Duggan, Tara (May 22, 2024). "Exclusive: CEO of S.F.'s waterfront aquarium resigns amid concerns about lavish spending". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
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