Doug Burgum will be the point person for public land management and President Trump’s “drill, baby, drill" agenda to expand ...

The North Dakota governor will oversee agencies that administer policy on Native American affairs, national parks and energy ...

He went on to become a wealthy software executive. He led Great Plains Software, which Microsoft acquired for $1.1 billion in 2001. Burgum stayed on as a vice president until 2007. He's also led ...

Over two terms as governor of North Dakota, politics didn’t come naturally to Doug Burgum. Now the former tech executive is ...

The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum ... North Dakota, Burgum graduated from Stanford business school and worked as a management consultant before investing $250,000 in Great Plains Software in ...

The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum ... North Dakota, Burgum graduated from Stanford business school and worked as a management consultant before investing $250,000 in Great Plains Software in ...

Burgum, 68, grew up in tiny Arthur, North Dakota. Arthur's population is 328. He earned a bachelor's degree from North Dakota State University, and his master’s of business administration from ...

He earned a bachelor's degree from North Dakota State University, and his master’s of business administration from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He went on to become a ...