Tom Gores

Tom Gores (an haife shi Tewfiq Georgious,  Arabic   ; Greek   ; Hebrew    ; Yuli 31, 1964)   ɗan kasuwa ne mai kuɗi a Amurka. Shi ne wanda ya kafa Platinum Equity, wani kamfanin hannun jari mai zaman kansa wanda hedikwatansa ke Beverly Hills, California. A watan Yunin 2011, Gores da Platinum Equity sun zama masu mallakar Detroit Pistons na Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Kwando ta Ƙasa . Ya zama shi kaɗai mai shi a shekarar 2015. Ya zuwa watan Yulin 2024, an kiyasta cewa dukiyarsa ta kai dala biliyan 9.1.  name="Forbes profile">

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Gores a Nazaret, Isra'ila a ranar 31 ga Yuli, 1964.  Shi ne na biyar cikin yara shida  a cikin dangin Kirista tare da uba ɗan Girka da mahaifiyar Lebanon .   name=":0">Kouremenos, Achilleas (March 18, 2025). "The 50 Wealthiest Greeks in America! An Annual TNH Edition of Our Community's Top Achievers". The National Herald. Retrieved August 26, 2025. Lokacin da yake da shekaru biyar, shi da iyalinsa suka bar Nazaret suka zauna a Genesee, Michigan, wanda ke da nisan mil 10 arewa maso gabashin Flint .  Aikinsa na farko ya haɗa da sanya kayan sawa a shagon kayan abinci na kawunsa da ke Genesee. A lokacin da yake ɗalibi a Makarantar Sakandare ta Genesee, Gores ya yi wasan tsaron baya a ƙwallon ƙafa, ɗan wasan tsakiya a wasan baseball, da kuma mai tsaron raga a ƙwallon kwando. 

Bayan kammala karatun sakandare, ya halarci Jami'ar Jihar Michigan, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gyaran gida da mai tallata kayayyaki ta wayar tarho.  Ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1986 da digirin farko a fannin kula da gine-gine.  

 Sana'a 

 Farkon aiki da kuma Platinum Equity 
Bayan kammala karatunsa, Gores ya yi ɗan gajeren lokaci a Continental Telephone kafin ya taimaka wajen kafa kamfanin software na katako (Ventech). A shekarar 1989, shi da matarsa sun tuka mota daga Michigan zuwa Los Angeles a cikin wani tsohon Cadillac don gudanar da ayyukan kamfanin a Yammacin Tekun.   A shekarar 1995, Gores ya kafa Platinum Equity a gidansa da ke Sherman Oaks . Da farko, Gores ya kira 'yan kasuwa da sunan kasuwanci don ganin ko suna da wani sashe da suke son cirewa. Ya sami aikinsa na farko tare da Litigation Services, Inc. (LSI), wani kamfani mara riba a lokacin wanda ya ƙirƙiri sake ƙirƙirar haɗurra ta kwamfuta don shaidar kotu da shaida. Ya sayi shi akan $200,000, ya sake tsara wasu daga cikin tsarin kamfanoni, kuma ya mayar da shi ga riba cikin watanni shida. Tsakanin 1996 da 2001, Gores ya jagoranci sayayya 32, ciki har da na Pilot Software, Racal, da Williams Communications .   Zuwa shekara mai zuwa, fayil ɗin Platinum Equity ya haɗa da sassan Motorola, Fujitsu, da Alcatel . 

An fara saka Gores a cikin jerin Forbes 400 na Amurkawa mafi arziki a shekarar 2002.  A shekarar 2006, ya jagoranci yarjejeniyar sayen PNA Steel, daga ƙarshe ya sayar da shi ga Reliance Steel &amp; Aluminum Co. a shekarar 2008 don samun ribar dala miliyan 512. A watan Mayun 2009, Gores ya sayi The San Diego Union-Tribune akan kimanin dala miliyan 30  (an sayar da jaridar a shekarar 2011 akan dala miliyan 110).  Zuwa shekarar 2009, Gores ya sami damar yin ciniki sama da 100 ta hanyar Platinum Equity. 

 Sayen Detroit Pistons 
Gores ya nuna sha'awar siya kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka fi kowa kuɗi a NBA bayan mutuwar mai shi na dogon lokaci, Bill Davidson, a 2009. A watan Oktoba na 2010, an ruwaito cewa mai kamfanin Detroit Red Wings da Detroit Tigers, Mike Ilitch, a wancan lokacin, zai sayi kamfanin NBA na Detroit.   Amma, bayan da lokacin tattaunawa na musamman na kwanaki 30 na Ilitch da matar Davidson (Karen) ya ƙare, Gores ya nuna sha'awarsa ta sake dawowa.  Ya sami lokacin tattaunawa na musamman a watan Janairun 2011 kuma an yi tsammanin zai zama mai mallakar Pistons na gaba. 

A ranar 1 ga Yuni, 2011, Gores da Platinum Equity sun sayi Palace Sports and Entertainment (PS&E) (kamfanin iyaye na Pistons da tsohon filin wasansu, The Palace of Auburn Hills ) inda suka zama masu mallaka na uku a tarihin kamfanin na tsawon shekaru 70.   An kira farashin siyan dala miliyan 325 a matsayin "ciniki mai ban mamaki" ta Crain's Detroit Business, kodayake, a watan Janairun 2011, Forbes ta kimanta shi da dala miliyan 35 kawai fiye da farashin siyan da aka yi daga baya.  A farkon lokacin da ya zama mamallakinsa, Gores ya amince da gyaran Fadar Auburn Hills na dala miliyan 10.  Ya kuma kafa shirye-shirye kamar "Kujeru don Sojoji" - wanda ke ba da tikiti kyauta don abubuwan PS&E ga membobin sojojin Amurka da iyalansu  da "Come Together" - wani shiri na bikin hidimar al'umma, jagoranci, da aikin sa kai a duk faɗin Michigan. 

A watan Satumba na 2015, Gores ya sayi hannun jarin Platinum Equity a Pistons don zama mamallakin kamfanin mallakar kamfani guda ɗaya. Ya taɓa riƙe hannun jari na kashi 51% yayin da Platinum ke riƙe da kashi 49%. 

 Faɗaɗa MLS, ƙarin aiki tare da Pistons, da sauran mu'amalar kasuwanci 
A watan Afrilun 2016, mamallakin Gores da Cleveland Cavaliers, Dan Gilbert, ya sanar da aniyarsu ta kawo gasar Major League Soccer zuwa Detroit,   kodayake wannan shawarar ta gaza yayin da MLS ke neman wasu zaɓuɓɓukan faɗaɗawa .  A watan Yulin 2024, Kwamishinan MLS Don Garber ya sanar da kawo ƙarshen faɗaɗa MLS "na ɗan lokaci, har sai mun shirya sake faɗaɗawa." 

Daga baya a shekarar 2016, Gores ya cimma yarjejeniya da Ilitches (waɗanda suka mallaki Olympia Entertainment da Detroit Red Wings da Tigers) don ba wa Pistons damar raba sabon Little Caesars Arena a tsakiyar birnin Detroit tare da Red Wings. Yarjejeniyar ta fara aiki a farkon kakar wasa ta 2017 kuma ta kasance karo na farko da Pistons ke yin wasa akai-akai a birnin Detroit tun daga shekarar 1978.  Gores da Ilitches sun shiga wani haɗin gwiwa tare da kasuwancinsu (PS&E da Olympia Entertainment) mai suna "313 Presents." Sabbin jadawalin kasuwanci suna nuna kuma suna kula da samarwa, tallatawa, da kafofin watsa labarai na wurare shida na yankin Detroit mallakar kamfanonin biyu.

Ya zuwa watan Fabrairun 2018, an kiyasta darajar Pistons a kan dala biliyan 1.1, ribar dala miliyan 775 tun lokacin da Gores ya sayi ƙungiyar a 2011.  A watan Yunin 2018, Gores ya ɗauki tsohon kocin Toronto Raptors kuma tsohon Kocin NBA na Shekara, Dwane Casey .  Banda wasanni, ya kuma mallaki kadarori da yawa galibi a yankin Los Angeles,  gami da 301 North Carolwood Drive a Holmby Hills .  

A watan Oktoba na 2024, Gores ya sayi hannun jari na kashi 27% a cikin Los Angeles Chargers . 

 Taimakon jama'a 
A shekarar 2016, Gores ya ƙaddamar da FlintNOW, wata ƙungiya da aka tsara don tara har dala miliyan 10 don samar da agaji ga mazauna Flint, Michigan, waɗanda matsalar ruwa ta birnin ta shafa.  Tun daga shekarar 2009, Gores ya ba da gudummawar kayan wasa ga yara a Detroit da Flint ta hanyar shirin Toys for Tots .  Sauran ƙungiyoyin yankin Detroit waɗanda Gores ya ba da tallafi mai yawa sun haɗa da Jalen Rose Leadership Academy da SAY Detroit. A ƙarshen kakar wasa ta Pistons ta 2018–2019, ya ba da gudummawar dala 255,000 ga SAY Detroit wanda ya kasance sakamakon alƙawarin da Gores ya yi a lokacin rediyo na shekara-shekara na bayar da gudummawar dala 5,000 ga kowane nasarar Pistons a lokacin kakar wasa ta yau da kullun da kuma ƙarin dala 50,000 don shiga gasar Playoffs.  

Gores yana tallafawa ƙungiyoyin agaji da dama. Ya yi aiki a kwamitin amintattu na Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Gundumar Los Angeles (LACMA) har zuwa Oktoba 2020, kuma ya kasance memba na kwamitin gudanarwa a Asibitin St. Joseph da Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta UCLA .    Gores da iyalinsa sun taimaka wajen tallafawa Asibitin Yara na Los Angeles, musamman Sashen Kula da Lafiyar Jiki da Allergy. A shekarar 2016, Gores da matarsa Holly sun ba da gudummawar dala miliyan 5 ga asibitin don kafa cibiyar kula da Allergy ta Iyali ta Gores, wadda ke taimakawa wajen samar da cikakken kulawa da bincike a nazarin alerji.  

A shekarar 2022, Gores ya bayar da kyautar dala miliyan 20 domin gina cibiyar al'umma a wurin shakatawa na River Rouge Park na Detroit. Sanarwar ta zo ne a matsayin daya daga cikin shirye-shiryen farko na Gidauniyar Iyali ta Gores. Cibiyar tana da fadin murabba'in ƙafa 25,000, kuma za ta kasance wurin karbar bakuncin shirye-shirye iri-iri na yankin. Gidauniyar ta yi aiki tare da Sashen Wuraren Shakatawa da Nishaɗi na Detroit.

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Gores yana zaune a Beverly Hills, California,  tare da matarsa Holly da 'ya'yansa uku.   Yana kuma da gidan haya a Birmingham, Michigan . 

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