Chris Gabrieli
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Christopher Gabrieli is an American businessman and three-time political candidate. A member of the Democratic Party, he ran for Congress in 1998, and won his Party's nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2002.[1] In 2006 Gabrieli came in second for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts.
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[edit] Biography
Gabrieli's parents were Hungarian immigrants Elmér Gabrieli (a physician; d. 2000) and Lilla Elizabeth (Eross) (d. 2006). Chris Gabrieli was born in Buffalo, New York in 1960. He has one brother, John, an MIT professor. After graduating from Harvard College, he was forced to drop out of Columbia University’s medical school to save his family’s business, a healthcare system software company, from bankruptcy.[2]
Gabrieli spent over 20 years at Bessemer Venture Partners, investing in and helping innovative young businesses succeed. In that time, the firm invested over $1 billion in the economy. He remains active as a Senior Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, focused on biotechnology.
Gabrieli currently serves as Chairman of Massachusetts 2020, which he co-founded in 2000, with the mission to expand the economic and educational opportunities for children families across Massachusetts. Massachusetts 2020 is currently leading Massachusetts' first-in-the-nation initiative to redesign and expand learning time at public schools.
Gabrieli is also the Chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a national education policy organization that works to research how schools expand time to strengthen learning, supports public policy at the local, state and federal level, and provides technical assistance to schools, districts and states seeking to expand time for learning.
Gabrieli currently serves as Chairman of the Springfield (MA) Finance Control Board (FCB).
Gabrieli’s book (with co-author Warren Goldstein),Time to Learn: How a New School Schedule is Making Smarter Kids, Happier Parents, and Safer Neighborhoods was published in 2008.
Gabrieli lives in Boston with his wife Hilary and their five children: John, Abigail, Polly, Lilla, and Nicholas.[3]
[edit] On the issues
- Taxes: Supports cutting the income tax to 5 percent, but only when the economy is growing
- Cape Wind project: Supports;
- Same-Sex Marriage: Supports;
- Stem Cell research: Supports spending $1 billion over the next decade on science innovation, including up to $500 million on stem-cell research [4];
- Death Penalty: Opposes;
- Abortion rights: Supports;
- MCAS: Supports;
- MBTA fare increase (Proposed): Opposes [5]
- Illegal Immigration Opposes
[edit] References
- ^ Gabrieli, known for his wealth, tries to stress currency of ideas - The Boston Globe
- ^ Boston Globe Profile
- ^ Massachusetts 2020 Biography
- ^ Gabrieli Pledges $1 Billion for Stem Cell Research
- ^ Campaign Issues- Candidates positions on the issues - Boston.com
