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| Chris Gabrieli is a Massachusetts businessman and a candidate for governor in Massachusetts. He was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2002. | |||
| It's hard to sum up Chris Gabrieli in one word, but if you had to, you'd probably go with results. | |||
| As a young man, Chris left medical school to help his father's struggling business - GMIS, Inc., a software company focused on helping healthcare systems run more efficiently. Chris eventually took over and turned the business around. The result: GMIS became a leader in the industry, and created over 100 jobs. | |||
| After his success at GMIS, Chris spent 15 years at Bessemer Venture Partners, investing in and helping innovative young businesses succeed. Some of those firms took off beyond even his wildest imagination. The result: over $1 billion invested in the economy, and thousands and thousands of new jobs. | |||
| Over the last ten years, Chris has become more and more active in public policy and civic life. He served as Chairman of MassINC, the state's leading non-partisan, independent policy think tank. He serves on a number of non-profit Boards including The Boston Foundation, The Boston Plan for Excellence, The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, the Boston Public Library Foundation, and both the Harvard and the Boston University Schools of Public Health. And the story in Chris' public service is much the same as in his business career: results. | |||
| In 1998, Mayor Tom Menino named Chris as Chair of the Mayor's Taskforce on After-school Time. A year later, Chris founded Massachusetts 2020, a non-profit foundation devoted to expanding after school programs for our kids. The result: the largest public-private partnership dedicated to children in Boston's history, an innovative after-school program for children across Massachusetts and thousands of kids now with a place to go after school to learn and be safe. | |||
| In 2003, Chris worked with State Treasurer Timothy Cahill, a team of investment experts from McKinsey and Co., and a team from Massachusetts 2020 to produce compelling evidence that helped convince the Pension Board to make in-state investments. So far, the state has invested more than $100 million in local housing developments and local businesses, expanding housing and creating new jobs. | |||
| In fact, Chris was so passionate about investing in Massachusetts that he decided to focus his business interests almost entirely on growing local companies. The result: Chris founded the Ironwood Equity Fund, which seeks out investment opportunities that have been overlooked by traditional venture investors in the healthcare, manufacturing, business services, consumer products and retail industries in the region. | |||
| In 2005, when Mitt Romney threatened to veto the stem cell research bill, Chris joined with the legislature, academics, doctors and parents to fight back. They put together a campaign that defeated Governor Romney, paving the way for groundbreaking research that could save thousands in Massachusetts from diabetes, Parkinson's, and countless other diseases. | |||
| Again, in all of Chris' endeavors, in business and in service, the story is the same: results. Results that create jobs. Results that expand opportunity. Results that reflect the strong leadership Massachusetts needs. | |||
| In 2002, Chris Gabrieli made us proud as our nominee for Lt. Governor. In 2006, we hope to make Chris our next governor, so he can start getting results for Massachusetts the way only he can. | |||
| Chris is the son of immigrants. Chris lives in Boston with his wife Hilary and their five children: John, Abigail, Polly, Lilla and Nicholas. | |||
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Chris Gabrieli is a Massachusetts businessman and American politician. He was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2002. He announced his candidacy for governor of Massachusetts in April 2006. (see Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2006).
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