Doug Burgum

Doug Burgum (2017)

Douglas J. "Doug" Burgum (born August 1, 1956 in Arthur , North Dakota ) is an American businessman and politician of the Republican Party . He has been governor of the US state of North Dakota since December 15, 2016 .

Life

Burgum studied economics at North Dakota State University and Stanford University . In 1983 he became an employee of the software company Great Plains Software , whose president he became in 1984 and sold to the US group Microsoft in 2001 . At Microsoft he became the head of Microsoft Business Solutions . Burgum founded real estate company Kilbourne Group and is co-founder of investment firm Arthur Ventures . On November 8, 2016, he succeeded Republican governor Jack Dalrymple in the gubernatorial elections in North Dakota.

Awards and prizes (selection)

• 2009: Rough Rider Award

Web links

• Official website of Doug Burgum
• Official website of the Governor of North Dakota
• GrandforksHerald: Doug Burgum named 37th Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award recipient , November 20, 2009
• TwinCities: Ebola: Fargo company's real-time tracking tech 'game-changing'

Individual evidence

1. ^ National Governors Association: Governor Doug Burgum (English). Retrieved February 28, 2017.
2. ^ Fortune: Former Microsoft Exec Doug Burgum Wins North Dakota Governor's Race
3. ↑ Inforum: Businesses cite workforce struggles to push for discrimination ban , May 29, 2015
4. ↑ BizJournals: Developer wants to build North Dakota's tallest office tower , September 9, 2013
5. ^ Fortune: Former Microsoft Exec Doug Burgum Wins North Dakota Governor's Race
6. ↑ GrandforksHerald: Doug Burgum named 37th Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award recipient , November 20, 2009