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About Doug Burgum
- Douglas James Burgum (born August 1, 1956) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician serving as the 33rd Governor of North Dakota since December 15, 2016.
- He is a member of the Republican Party.He joined Great Plains Software in 1983 and became the company's president in 1984, which he later sold to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001.
- At Microsoft he became the head of Microsoft Business Solutions.
- He began serving as chairman of the board for Atlassian in 2012.
- He also served on the board for SuccessFactors starting in 2007, and as chairman from 2010 to 2012.
- Burgum is the founder of Kilbourne Group, a Fargo-based real-estate development firm, and co-founder of Arthur Ventures. In 2016, he announced his intention to run for Governor of North Dakota as a Republican candidate.
- With no formal political experience and despite losing the state Republican party's gubernatorial endorsement contest to longtime Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem at the party convention in April 2016, Burgum defeated Stenehjem in the primary election to claim the Republican nomination.
- Burgum ran against Democrat Marvin Nelson and Libertarian Marty Riske in the November, 2016 gubernatorial election, and won with over 75% of the vote.
