“It has its value to be underestimated,” he said.
FromKelsey Walsh 
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announced Wednesday that he is running for the 2024 presidential election, making him the twelfth Republican candidate on the list.
Burgum, a former software CEO who was elected in 2016, announced his announcement with a video released Monday. He will make it official during his speech in Fargo on Wednesday morning.
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum speaks at the start of his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Fargo, North Dakota
(AP Photo/Jack Dura)
Burgum’s teaser video, titled “Change,” shows him tracing his biographical roots: “I started a shoeshine business, worked the grain elevator and chimney sweep for college, and then got my MBA from Stanford. I ignored those who said so. “North Dakota was too small, too cold, and too remote to build a world-class software company.”
A native of Arthur, North Dakota, Burgum founded Great Plains Software in 1983 and was eventually acquired by Microsoft in 2001. Burgum remained active in the company until 2007.
“I’m literally betting the farm is helping grow a small startup into a billion-dollar company with customers in 132 countries,” he said in his teaser video, describing himself as “a new leader for a self.” changing economy”.
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