Dean A. Stoecker (born 1956/1957) is an American businessman, and the co-founder (in 1997), chairman and former CEO (19972020) of

Alteryx Alteryx, Inc. is an American computer software company based in Irvine, California, with offices worldwide. The company's products are used for data science and analytics. History SRC LLC, the predecessor to Alteryx, was founded in 1997 by D ...

, a computer software company. Stoecker was born and grew up in Colorado. His family is from

Boulder, Colorado Boulder is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule city in Boulder County, Colorado, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the most ...

, where his "father was an entrepreneur who built A-Frame houses", and Dean was the youngest child. He earned a bachelor's degree from the

University of Colorado The University of Colorado (CU) is a system of public universities in Colorado. It consists of four institutions: the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, the University of Colorado Denver, and the U ...

, and an MBA from

Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private university, private Christianity, Christian research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists ...

. In August 2019, ''

Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...

'' assessed Stoecker's net worth at $1.2 billion, following Alteryx's near 900% share price rise since its 2017 IPO. He was a district-level delegate to the

2016 Republican National Convention The 2016 Republican National Convention, in which delegates of the United States Republican Party (United States), Republican Party chose the party's nominees for President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United Sta ...

from California. He is married to Angie. They live in

Irvine, California Irvine () is a Planned community, planned city in central Orange County, California, United States, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was named in 1888 for the landowner James Irvine. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the ...

References

Living people American billionaires American company founders American chief executives 1950s births University of Colorado Boulder alumni Pepperdine University alumni People from Boulder, Colorado People from Irvine, California {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub