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ALEC GORES

Chief Executive & Founder

The Gores Group

Gores founded his eponymous investment firm in 1987. The Gores Group focuses on partnering with mature and growing businesses that lead in their space. Gores has an estimated net worth of $3.4 billion and was No. 26 on the Business Journal’s 2021 list of Wealthiest Angelenos. The Gores Group is a Wall Street heavyweight for special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. Most recently, Gores announced a $20 billion deal that merges Polestar, premium electric performance car maker, with Gores Guggenheim Inc., and a $1.6 billion deal that merges Footprint, leading ESG packaging business, with Gores Holdings VIII Inc.

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