Jon Fisher

For the rugby coach and former player, see Jon Fisher (rugby union).

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
Fisher at Lowenstein Bat Mitzvah June 2024
Born	(1972-01-19) January 19, 1972 (age 53) Stanford, California
Education	Vassar College, University of San Francisco[1]
Occupation(s)	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

Jon Fisher speaks at University of San Francisco commencement, 2018

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]