Jon Fisher

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 (age 52)
Stanford, California
EducationVassar College, University of San Francisco[1]
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, speaker
SpouseDarla Kincheloe Fisher
Children1[2]

Jon Fisher is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. As of 2021, Fisher is the CEO and a co-founder of software company ViciNFT.[3][4] 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,[5] NetClerk—now part of Roper Technologies, AutoReach—now part of AutoNation, [6][7][8] and CrowdOptic.

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.[9] Fisher graduated from The Nueva School and Crystal Springs Uplands School, and attended Vassar College before graduating from the University of San Francisco.[10]

Career

Jon Fisher speaks at University of San Francisco commencement, 2018

In 1994, Fisher cofounded and was chief executive officer of AutoReach,[11] now an AutoNation company.[11][12] 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.[13] In 1998, Fisher was the co-founder and CEO of the business software company, NetClerk, Inc., now part of Roper Technologies.[14] The company created the online construction permit.[15][16] In 2004, Fisher cofounded and was chief executive officer of Bharosa, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2007.[17]

Academic career

Fisher is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco.[18] Fisher has written a book, Strategic Entrepreneurism: Shattering the Start-Up Entrepreneurial Myths, which was published in 2008 by SelectBooks.[19]

Fisher's second book, I Took the Only Path to See You, was published in 2021 by Wiley Publishers.[20] The publisher also issued a non-fungible token (NFT) to promote the book.[21]

Honors

Personal life

Fisher is married to Darla Kincheloe Fisher and has a daughter.[24]

Fisher has been a trustee of the Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA and was a member of their 2008 capital campaign team.[25] 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.[25] Fisher was a major fundraiser for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.[26][27][28] As of 2024, Fisher is the chairman of Bay Ecotarium including San Francisco Aquarium of the Bay.[24][29]

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. ^ Reid, Calvin (20 April 2021). "Wiley Teams with Author to Create NFT Author Trading Card". Publishers Weekly.
  4. ^ Thompson, David (30 August 2022). "'Doing Good' Gets Boost on ViciNFT's $1.8M Charity NFT Haul". Tech Times. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ^ "THE FOUNDERS: CrowdOptic Brings 'Context To Social' With Augmented Reality App". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  6. ^ Dave Kearns (October 27, 2008). "Oracle delivers the fruit of its Bharosa acquisition". Network World.
  7. ^ "CrowdOptic Brings Context to Social with Augmented Reality App". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Jon Fisher". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Patently Obvious? Score One for the Big Guys". Barron's. January 12, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "CrowdOptic's Jon Fisher Warns Software Startup CEOs: Buck the Trends - Sand Hill Group". 11 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Roper Technologies to Buy ConstructConnect for $636 million". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  15. ^ Lynn Graebner (29 August 1999). "NetClerk: Building permits are just a mouse click away". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ Heidi N, Moore (March 23, 2009). "Treasury's Bailout Plan: First, Stop Handing Out Cash". Wall Street Journal blog. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  19. ^ Fisher, Jon (2008). Strategic Entrepreneurism : Shattering the Start-Up Entrepreneurial Myths. New York: SelectBooks, Inc. ISBN 978-1-59079-189-9.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "Wiley Teams with Author to Create NFT Author Trading Card". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  22. ^ "40 People to Watch: Jon Fisher". Silicon Valley — San Jose Business Journal. October 8, 2006. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  23. ^ Jon Fisher Bharosa (Oracle '07) E&Y 2007 (Flash file). July 3, 2007. Event occurs at :20 to :35. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  24. ^ a b "Board of Directors: Board Chair Jon Fisher". Aquarium of the Bay.
  25. ^ a b "10 Things You Didn't Know About Entrepreneur Jon Fisher". Money Inc. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  26. ^ "Marin volunteers stump for presidential candidates as primary nears". Marin Independent Journal. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  27. ^ "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.
  28. ^ "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.
  29. ^ 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.