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John Hanke

American technology executive (born 1967)

John Hanke (born 1967) is an American technology executive.²

From Wikipedia’s article on John Hanke (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Sep 19, 1967.¹

About

Following Google's acquisition of his company Keyhole, Hanke led Google's Geo product division, which includes Google Earth, Google Maps, StreetView, SketchUp, and Panoramio. Within Google, he founded and led an internal startup, Niantic Labs, which he spun out in 2015. He is currently the founder and executive chairman at Niantic Spatial.

From Wikipedia’s article on John Hanke, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Keyhole, IncFounder¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Texas at Austin³
Date not recordedHaas School of Business³

Born in 1967, Hanke was raised in the small central Texas town of Cross Plains and graduated from Cross Plains High School in 1985. He attended the University of Texas, Austin and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1989.

In his first post-college role, he spent four years with the United States Foreign Service in Washington, DC, and overseas in Myanmar working on foreign policy issues.

He moved across the country to attend the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He joined Steve Sellers and his video game design startup Archetype Interactive, which was developing Meridian 59, one of the first commercial massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG). They sold the firm to The 3DO Company on the day he graduated from Berkeley with an MBA. Hanke and Sellers created another entertainment startup, The Big Network, which was acquired in 2000 by eUniverse for $17.1 million.

From Wikipedia’s article on John Hanke (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: businessperson.⁸

Date not recordedWorked at Niantic Spatial⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Google⁴
Date not recordedFounded Niantic Games Team⁵
Date not recordedFounded Keyhole, Inc⁶
Date not recordedChief executive, Niantic Games Team⁷

Personal life

BornSep 19, 1967, Cross Plains⁹
CitizenshipUnited States¹⁰

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WikidataJohn Hanke: Worked at Niantic Spatial, on Wikidata
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WikidataJohn Hanke: Founded Niantic Games Team, on Wikidata
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WikidataJohn Hanke: Founded Keyhole, Inc, on Wikidata
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WikidataJohn Hanke: Chief executive, Niantic Games Team, on Wikidata
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WikidataKeyhole, Inc, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsJohn Hanke photo by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0