# Yoann Hispa

> Yoann Hispa is the CEO and co-founder of LandGate, the Denver-founded land and energy intelligence company acquired by Wood Mackenzie in June 2026. Trained across civil, geotechnical, petroleum and business disciplines, he moved from reservoir engineering and private-equity mineral investments to building a platform that connects parcel-level land data with grid, renewable-energy and infrastructure decisions.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at LandGate
- **Organizations:** LandGate, Wood Mackenzie, Optimix Energy Corp, Ruspetro plc, FourPoint Energy, Anadarko Petroleum, The University of Texas at Austin, REALTORS Land Institute
- **Education:** Executive MBA, University of Colorado Boulder, Leeds School of Business, MSc, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, MSc, Geotechnical Engineering, University of Birmingham, MSc, Civil Engineering, ESTP, Paris, BSc equivalent, physics with mathematics and chemistry, French Air Force Academy
- **Known for:** Co-founded LandGate in 2016 and expanded it from oil and gas property valuation into land, grid, renewable-energy and infrastructure intelligence., Led mineral valuation and operations work associated with approximately $50 million in investments that were reported to return more than three times invested capital., Built a parcel-level data business covering more than 150 million US land parcels by the time Wood Mackenzie acquired LandGate in 2026.

## Career timeline

- **2011-2015** — Worked at Anadarko in Denver as a staff reservoir engineer and technical team lead.
- **2015** — Worked at FourPoint Energy as a reservoir engineer covering development, business development, economics, reserves and reservoir characterization.
- **2015** — Became president of Optimix Energy Corp, leading mineral valuation, acquisition and divestiture, and operations work for private-equity investments.
- **2016-2017** — Served as Executive Director of Reservoir and Production Engineering at Ruspetro plc during a leadership transition.
- **2016** — Co-founded the Denver company that became LandGate, originally focused on oil and gas property valuation and brokerage.
- **2021** — Began teaching energy land resources through UT Austin and the REALTORS Land Institute.
- **2022** — LandGate announced a $10 million Series B led by NextEra Energy Resources, with participation from Kimmeridge.
- **2025** — LandGate acquired Topos, adding AI-assisted due diligence for power, renewable-energy and battery-storage sites.
- **2026** — Wood Mackenzie acquired LandGate and its intelligence covering more than 150 million US land parcels.

## Achievements

- Co-founded LandGate in 2016 and expanded it from oil and gas property valuation into land, grid, renewable-energy and infrastructure intelligence.
- Led mineral valuation and operations work associated with approximately $50 million in investments that were reported to return more than three times invested capital.
- Built a parcel-level data business covering more than 150 million US land parcels by the time Wood Mackenzie acquired LandGate in 2026.
- Helped LandGate raise a $10 million Series B led by NextEra Energy Resources in 2022.
- Taught energy land resources through UT Austin and the REALTORS Land Institute.
- Led LandGate's 2025 acquisition of Topos and its 2026 acquisition by Wood Mackenzie.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Wood Mackenzie acquired LandGate, combining its power-market forecasting with LandGate's parcel, grid and infrastructure intelligence.
- **2026-06** — Hispa publicly thanked LandGate employees, board members, investors, clients and partners following the acquisition announcement.
- **2026-06** — Hispa promoted LandGate's AI Data Agent and MCP server for bringing proprietary grid and site data into customers' confidential AI models.
- **2025-12** — LandGate acquired Topos to add AI-assisted analysis of leases, permits, public sentiment and regulatory constraints.

## Links

- Website: https://landgate.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hispa

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Last updated: 2026-08-27