034 Xavier Gutierrez| sports multiply economies

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XAVIER’S BIO

Xavier Gutierrez is the first Latino President CEO in the National Hockey League, leading the Arizona Coyotes Hockey Club for which he also serves as Alternative Governor. Previously, he served as Managing Director at Clearlake Capital Group, a leading private investment firm that manages over $70 billion in assets, preceded by being President & Chief Investment Officer at Meruelo Group and a professional at Phoenix Realty Group, Latham & Watkins and the NFL. He is also co-founder of Suma Wealth.

He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, he and his family relocated to San Jose, California when he was a baby. The quintessential American success story and armed with a Jesuit primary and secondary education, Xavier went on to receive degrees from Harvard College and Stanford Law School, and for two decades built a career in business, investment, and finance. He serves or has served on multiple boards and advisory councils including the Board of Directors of Commercial Bank of California, the largest Latino-owned bank in California, the Board of Directors and Investment Committee of the Arizona Community Foundation (ACF), a public charitable organization, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Committee on Small & Emerging Businesses at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.

A remarkable story, and a close friend, Xavier has something to teach us all about the power of hard work, seizing opportunity, grit, resilience and serendipity. He sees “where the puck is going”, enjoy this great conversation.

XAVIER RELATED LINKS

Aspen Profile

Leadership in NHL| Forbes

On taking the Coyotes helm| ABC News

Arizona Community Foundation Profile

From finance to sports| California Biz Journal

Hispanic Executive Profile

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