Portrait of Alec Gores

Rank #1747

Alec Gores

Net worth $2.4B

Private equity · United States

Born
Mar 18, 1953
Age
73
Source
Private equity
Residence
Beverly Hills, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
6
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Western Michigan University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Private equity mogul Alec Gores cofounded the Gores Group and has sponsored more than a dozen SPACs since 2015 as an early adopter of the blank-check frenzy that exploded in 2020.
  • His SPACs have orchestrated mergers to take companies like Luminar Technologies, United Wholesale Mortgage and Twinkie-maker Hostess Brands public.
  • Gores and his younger brother Tom, also a billionaire, immigrated to America from Israel with their parents and four other siblings in 1968.
  • The brothers worked together at the beginning of their careers but went their separate ways in 1995 and have occasionally competed for buyout deals.
  • Gores' first job after immigrating to the United States at age 15 was bagging groceries for 25 cents an hour at his uncle's store in Flint, Michigan.
  • Alec's and Tom's brother Sam is the chairman of the Paradigm Talent Agency, which lists Coldplay and Ed Sheeran among its clients.

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