Profil Financier
James Scapa occupe actuellement le rang #2375 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur technologie). Fortune nette estimée : $1.7 B ($0 sur 24h).
He took Altair public in 2017 and served as chairman and CEO from the company's founding until it was acquired by Siemens for nearly $10 billion in 2025.
Scapa walked away from the all-cash deal with $1.9 billion before taxes and launched a new family office called Escape Investment Management.
Scapa grew up in New York as the son of Greek immigrant Holocaust survivors and graduated from Columbia University
Scapa grew up in New York as the son of Greek immigrant Holocaust survivors and graduated from Columbia before leaving the East Coast.
James Scapa left his job as a computer engineering consultant for General Motors to start software company Altair Engineering with two coworkers in 1985.