Jon Fisher
Entrepreneur
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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.
Jon Fisher | |
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Fisher at Lowenstein Bat Mitzvah June 2024 | |
| Born | January 19, 1972 |
| Education | Vassar College, University of San Francisco[1] |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur, speaker |
| Spouse | Darla Kincheloe Fisher |
| Children | 1[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.[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
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
- American City Business Journals Forty Under 40 (2006)[22]
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year, Emerging Category (2007)[23]
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]