| Alec E. Gores |
Alec E. Gores is the founder of Executive Business Systems, Inc. (founded in 1978), Ardagh MP USA, Inc. (founded in 2020), Gores Holdings VI, Inc. (founded in 2020), The Gores Group LLC (founded in 1987), Gores Holdings II, Inc. (founded in 2016), Gores Technology Partners, Inc. (founded in 2020), Gores Metropoulos, Inc. (founded in 2018), Gores Holdings, Inc. (founded in 2015), Gores Holdings III, Inc. (founded in 2017), and Gores Holdings IV, Inc. (founded in 2019). He is currently the Chairman at Gores Holdings VII, Inc., Gores Holdings IX, Inc., Gores Holdings VIII, Inc., Gores Holdings X, Inc., Gores Technology Partners II, Inc., and Luminar Technologies, Inc. He also holds positions as a Director at Adventa Control Technologies, Inc., Managing Member at AEG Holdings LLC, and Manager at Gores Technology Partners Sponsor LLC. Mr. Gores previously served as the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Gores Metropoulos II, Inc. (2020-2022), Chairman at Revere, Inc., Chairman at Gores Guggenheim, Inc. (2020-2022), and Director at Dovre Group Plc (2000-2005). He obtained an undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University. |
| Andrew McBride |
Andrew McBride is currently the Senior Vice President of Finance & Tax at The Gores Group LLC. He is also the Vice President at Gores Metropoulos Sponsor II LLC. Additionally, he holds the position of Chief Financial Officer & Secretary at Gores Holdings VII, Inc., Gores Holdings VIII, Inc., Gores Technology Partners II, Inc., Gores Technology Partners, Inc., Gores Holdings X, Inc., and Gores Holdings IX, Inc. Mr. McBride has previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer & Secretary at Gores Holdings, Inc., Gores Holdings II, Inc., Gores Holdings III, Inc., Gores Metropoulos, Inc., Gores Holdings IV, Inc., Ardagh MP USA, Inc., Gores Holdings VI, Inc., and Gores Metropoulos II, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2002. |
| Edward W. Fike |
Edward W. Fike is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Gores Technology Partners II, Inc. and Gores Technology Partners, Inc. He previously worked as a Director at Plenty Unlimited, Inc., Globality, Inc., and GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH. He also held positions as a Director at Wag! Labs, Inc., a Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc., an Analyst at Bain Capital, Inc., and a Principal at WebMD LLC. Additionally, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at Tilt.com, Inc. and as a Founding Principal at CapitalG Management Company LLC. Mr. Fike was also a Partner at SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and attended The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Shiva Rajaraman |
Shiva Rajaraman is the founder of Major League Markets LLC (founded in 2020). He is currently an Independent Director at Gores Technology Partners, Inc., an Independent Director at Pear Therapeutics, Inc., Vice President at Ozone Networks, Inc., Chief Business Officer at Opensea Ventures, and a Fund Advisor at Fika Management LLC. He is also a Board Advisor at Higher Ground Labs LLC. Mr. Rajaraman has previously worked as Director-Products, Apps & Services at Apple, Inc. in 2017, Senior Director & Product Management at Google LLC from 2012 to 2014, Vice President at Spotify AB from 2014 to 2016, Vice President at Meta Platforms, Inc. from 2020 to 2021, and Chief Technology Officer at WeWork Cos., Inc. from 2017 to 2020. Mr. Rajaraman has an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley (conferred in 1995) and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (conferred in 2006). Mr. Rajaraman is also the founder of Tetrate.io, Inc., nZero Labs, Inc. |
| Manik Gupta |
Manik Gupta is the founder of Buyittogether.Com, which was founded in 1999. He is currently an Independent Director at Cargurus, Inc. since 2023 and at Gores Technology Partners, Inc. since 2021. Previously, he worked at Google LLC as the Director-Product Management & Google Maps from 2008 to 2015, and at Uber Technologies, Inc. as the Chief Product Officer from 2018 to 2019. Mr. Gupta has an undergraduate degree from Nanyang Technological University and an MBA from the Indian School of Business. |
| Muhammad Shahzad |
Muhammad Shahzad is currently the Chairman at Developments in Literacy (United States), an Independent Director at Gores Technology Partners, Inc., a Director at Independent School Alliance, a Trustee at March of Dimes Foundation, the President & Chief Financial Officer at Relativity Space, Inc., and an Advisor at Parade Ventures Management LLC. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at The Honest Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2020. He completed his undergraduate degree at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 and obtained an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management in 2009. |
