Gary R Griffith Email & Phone Number

Mr. Griffith has over forty-five years of senior executive experience in insurance brokerage and financial services. Mr. Griffith is the Founder and CEO of Rapid Expansion Partners. Mr. Griffith has served as chief executive officer of both private and publicly traded organizations. He founded and was CEO of the 11th largest privately held insurance broker in the United States and the largest in Texas, Summit Global Partners Inc. which was later sold to a publicly traded company. He also founded a second Texas based broker, and completed several Texas based acquisitions for the company’s investors. Mr. Griffith also served as the North American CEO of a publicly traded broker in London, England, and was a board director, and member of the executive committee. Mr. Griffith was the CEO of two subsidiary companies owned by one of the world's largest insurance and financial service firms. Mr. Griffith acquired, on behalf of a group of investors, a multinational reinsurance broker. He has raised over $400 million in funding for these various projects. He is also the Founder and Chairman of Heroes of Texas Support Group, a non-profit organization supporting both military veterans and first responders. He served as a director of CIAB, based in Washington DC, and was also a director of the World Federation of Insurance Intermediaries, a subdivision of the World Trade Organization. Additionally, he has also served as a director, a member of the executive committee, and Chairman of WBN, the largest international insurance brokerage network, based in London England. He was also a founding investor and board member of a Texas based investment banking firm. Mr. Griffith is active in charitable and educational activities and is a partner in Dallas Social Ventures and a trustee of Millikin University. He is a member of YPO and a former trustee of Outward Bound. Mr. Griffith served four years on active duty as a Captain in the US Army, including a tour in Viet Nam

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