Greg Gianforte is an American engineer that has started and grown five successful computer software businesses. He now dedicates his time to mentoring entrepreneurs, board service, working to improve the Montana economy and philanthropic work. Greg and his wife founded RightNow Technologies, a cloud-based software company, in an extra bedroom of their home in Bozeman Montana. Under his leadership, the company grew to more than 1,100 employees worldwide and more than $225 million in annual revenue becoming Bozeman?s largest commercial employer and Montana?s only publicly traded technology firm. RightNow served about 2,000 of the world?s largest consumer firms like Nike, Motorola and AMEX becoming one of the world?s 100 largest web sites in terms of traffic. Greg has also authored several books. One of them, ?Bootstrapping Your Business: Start and Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money,? and has lectured on the topic leading business schools worldwide. 

April 17th, 1961 in San Diego (Age 63)