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| 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. | |||
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| '''Christopher Gabrieli''' is a ] ] businessman and ]. He was the Democratic nominee for ] in ]. He declined Attorney General ]'s offer to be his running mate and is now running for ]. He announced his candidacy for governor of Massachusetts in April 2006 (''see ] for more details on this topic''). The son of Hungarian immigrants, Gabrieli grew up in Buffalo, New York. He is a graduate of Harvard College and is married with five children (ages five to twelve). | |||
| 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. | |||
| ⚫ | 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. | ||
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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. | |||
| As a leading advocate for after-school programming for children, Gabrieli served as Chairman of ] ] ]’s Task Force on After-School Time and was a founding partner and Chairman of Boston’s After-School for All Partnership, the largest public-private partnership ($25 million) dedicated to children in Boston’s history. | |||
| ⚫ | 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 the arena of economic opportunity, Massachusetts 2020 led a pro bono project to help the $30 billion Massachusetts state pension fund (PRIM) evaluate investing some assets along a “double bottom line” strategy to yield both market-rate returns and economic benefits to Massachusetts such as creating new jobs and expanding home ownership. As a result of the study, PRIM adopted a formal policy to commit up to $600 million in this direction. | |||
| 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. | |||
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| In 2002, Chris Gabrieli was the Dem. nominee for Lt. Governor. | |||
| A successful entrepreneur, Gabrieli was a founder of GMIS, Inc., a company providing clinical software tools to the healthcare industry. Subsequently he spent 15 years as a General Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, during which time his firm invested over $1 billion in start-up high-tech and biotech companies creating tens of thousands of new jobs during his tenure. | |||
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| Gabrieli lives in Boston with his wife Hilary and their five children, John, Abigail, Polly Lilla and Nicholas.</div></blockquote> | |||
| ==On the issues== | ==On the issues== | ||
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Headline text
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.
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.
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.
In 2002, Chris Gabrieli was the Dem. nominee for Lt. Governor.
On the issues
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- Taxes: Supports cuts based upon a "responsible" timetable
- Cape Wind project: Supports;
- Same-Sex Marriage: Supports;
- Stem Cell research: Supports;
- Death Penalty: Opposes;
- Abortion rights: Supports;
- MCAS: Supports;
- T fare increase (Proposed): Opposes
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