John Hanke
Founder & CEO at Niantic
Executive member
since 2017
Region - USA
Biography
John Hanke is the founder and CEO of Niantic, Inc. Niantic builds mobile experiences that foster fun, exploration, discovery and social interaction in the real world including Pokémon GO and Ingress. Niantic was originally incubated inside of Google and spun out as an independent company in October 2015 with investment from Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Google, Alsop Louie Ventures, and You and Mr Jones.