Doug Burgum is a founding partner of Arthur Ventures and is currently serving as the 33rd governor of North Dakota.
Doug is the former chairman of the board and investor of Atlassian (Nasdaq: TEAM), former chairman of the board of Success Factors (acquired by SAP for $3.4 billion), and former board director at Avalara (NYSE: AVLR).
Doug is a graduate of NDSU and earned his MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. After business school, Doug worked at the Chicago office of McKinsey & Co. until 1983, when he returned to his native North Dakota and literally “bet the farm” for the seed capital for Great Plains Software, Inc., then a very small startup company in the fledgling PC software industry. He served Great Plains in executive roles including chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors. Driven by a strong vision and powerful dream, he led Great Plains to a worldwide presence, a successful initial public offering, and a $1.1 billion acquisition by Microsoft.
In 2009, then-North Dakota Governor John Hoeven presented Doug with the state’s highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.