RAINIER GONZALEZ Chairman and CEO, Pacer Health
- A successful business owner and merger specialist throughout most of his professional life
- Recipient of Entrepreneur of the Year- Rising Star award
- Named as one of 2008?s Top 25 Minority Executives by Modern Healthcare Magazine
- Prominent attorney in the securitization and structured finance department of a prestigious Washington D.C. law firm
- JD, magna cum laude, Indiana University School of Law
- BA, Florida International University
As chairman and chief executive officer, Rainier Gonzalez manages the long-term strategic direction and overall growth of Pacer Corporation.
Gonzalez has managed the operations of hospitals within the Pacer hospital system since its inception, totaling 178 licensed beds and approximately $60 million in net revenues. An expert in turning around financially distressed facilities, Gonzalez has successfully directed the turnaround of all acquired companies. During Gonzalez? tenure, Pacer was ranked 116 out of the top 500 Hispanic owned businesses by Hispanic Business Magazine. The magazine also awarded Gonzalez with the Entrepreneur of the Year ?Rising Star? award in January 2007 for his accomplishments in turning around financially distressed hospitals. In addition, Gonzalez was named as one of 2008?s Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare Magazine.
Prior to founding Pacer, Gonzalez had been a successful business owner. He was a principal in two South Florida-based financial services firms and previously served as principal and vice president of business development for Brick Mountain LLC, a profitable Internet company that was sold to Jupiter Media (Nasdaq: JUPM).
Prior to co-founding Brick Mountain, Gonzalez was an associate in the prestigious Washington D.C. law firm of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, where he handled client matters in the firm?s securitization and structured finance department.
Gonzalez holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Florida International University. He earned his law degree, magna cum laude, from the Indiana University School of Law and worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Federal Judge Denny Chin of the Southern District of New York
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