Doug Burgum

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Douglas James Burgum, born August 1, 1956, is an American businessman and politician serving since 2016 as the 33rd governor of North Dakota.

He is among the richest politicians in the United States and has an estimated net worth of at least $1.1 billion. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Burgum was born and raised in Arthur, North Dakota (population 400, near Fargo, ND). 

After graduating from North Dakota State University in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in university studies and earning an MBA from Stanford University two years later, he mortgaged inherited farmland in 1983 to invest in Great Plains Software in Fargo. 

Becoming its president in 1984, he took the company public in 1997. Burgum sold the company to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001. 

While working at Microsoft, he managed Microsoft Business Solutions. He has served as board chairman for Australian software company Atlassian and SuccessFactors. Burgum is the founder of Kilbourne Group, a Fargo-based real-estate development firm, and also is the co-founder of Arthur Ventures, a software venture capital group.

Burgum won the 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial election in a landslide. He was reelected by a wide margin in 2020. In June 2023, Burgum launched a campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He ended his candidacy in early December 2023, and became an advisor on the Trump campaign's energy policy. On November 14, 2024, Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Doug Burgum as the next United States Secretary of the Interior.

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Previously Posted

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This is quite incredible. Think about this: Doug Burgum will have two roles. He will wear two hats. He will be secretary of a department in the Deep State as well as head a new "national energy council." By any other name, he will be the nation's energy czar. 

He (Doug Burgum) and Kamala Harris had similar political trajectories, though at opposite ends of the political spectrum and arising / coming out of entirely different sectors. One was a businessman well versed in information technology; the other, a liberal attorney general. 

The Peter Principal. 

Kamala Harris vs Doug Burgum.

One can barely play checkers; the other excels at 3-D chess.