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Alec E. Gores (born 1953) is an American billionaire businessman who began making his fortune through leveraged buyouts of technology firms at the firm The Gores Group. He has also been instrumental in popularizing SPACs , beginning in the mid-2010s.
About Alec Gores. Gores 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...
Alec Gores is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Gores Group, a global investment firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base.
May 10, 2017 · Alec Gores is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Gores Group, a global investment firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm’s operating experience and flexible capital base.
In 1978, Alec Gores founded Executive Business Systems, a hardware and software distributor, which he sold eight years later to establish what has become The Gores Group today. Since 1987, The Gores Group has grown and evolved into an established brand.
Mar 7, 2021 · Alec Gores, founder of The Gores Group and leader in the SPAC space, is the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2021 Businessperson of the Year.
Nov 3, 2022 · Serial SPAC sponsor Alec Gores plans to shut down three blank check firms early as the industry grapples with what he calls a “necessary” reset.