Alec Gores

Alec E. Gores (born Elias Georgious in 1953; Arabic: إلياس جورجيوس; Greek: Ηλίας Γεωργίου; Hebrew: אליאס ג'ורג'יוס) 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.