Gianforte speaking at a business conference in 2006 He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta men's fraternity, and enjoyed playing squash.
He directed a computer lab with 12 programmers. Gianforte graduated in 1983 from his father's alma mater, Stevens Institute of Technology, with a BS in electrical engineering and a master's degree in computer science. Gianforte was also captain of his school football team, where he played left offensive guard. He attended Upper Merion Area High School in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, where he was elected class president during his junior and senior years. ĭuring his high school years in the 1970s, Gianforte started a software business. After the age of three, Gianforte was raised in the Valley Forge and King of Prussia suburbs northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including Wayne, an affluent unincorporated township community that extends into Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware Counties. He has two younger brothers, Douglass and Michael. Gianforte is of Italian, English, and Scottish ancestry. His mother, Dale Douglass, worked for General Dynamics in San Diego, and later was a school math teacher. He is the oldest son of Frank Richard Gianforte, who had a career as an aerospace engineer and, later, as a landlord. Gregory Richard Gianforte was born on April 17, 1961, in San Diego, California. He is the first Republican to serve as governor of Montana since Judy Martz left office in 2005. In the November general election, he defeated incumbent lieutenant governor Mike Cooney. Gianforte did not seek reelection to the House of Representatives in 2020 and instead was a candidate in the 2020 Montana gubernatorial election. Gianforte was reelected in 2018, defeating Democratic nominee Kathleen Williams.
He was fined and sentenced to community service and anger management therapy. Gianforte was convicted of assault in state court in June 2017 stemming from his election-eve body-slamming attack on The Guardian political reporter Ben Jacobs in May 2017.
In May 2017, Gianforte defeated Democratic nominee Rob Quist in a special election for Montana's at-large congressional seat to fill a vacancy created by the appointment of Ryan Zinke as U.S. In 2016, Gianforte ran for governor of Montana as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent governor Steve Bullock.
RightNow Technologies was acquired by Oracle Corporation for $1.5 billion in 2011. The company went public in 2004 by that time, it employed over 1,000 workers. In 1997, Gianforte and his wife, Susan, co-founded RightNow Technologies, a customer relationship management software company. representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Gianforte served as the U.S. Gregory Richard Gianforte (born April 17, 1961) is an American businessman, politician, software engineer, and writer serving as the 25th governor of Montana since 2021.
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