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Oscar Winner Now Billionaire on Tableau Sale to Salesforce

Patrick Hanrahan co-founded analystics software firm in 2003
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By Devon Pendleton and Sophie Alexander

June 10, 2019 at 4:15 PM UTC

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June 10, 2019 at 6:50 PM UTC

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Patrick Hanrahan, Tableau Software Inc.’s chief scientist and co-founder, is an Academy Award-winner, a Stanford University professor and, now, a billionaire.

The Wisconsin native is the biggest individual owner of Class B shares of Seattle-based Tableau, which makes analytics software that converts data into easy-to-understand charts and other graphics. On Monday, Salesforce.com Inc. agreed to buy Tableau in an all-stock deal valued at $15.3 billion.