Kirk Rimer is an American businessman who in 2011 was a

managing director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

Crow Holdings Crow Holdings is a privately owned real estate investment and development firm based in Dallas, Texas, US, which has been operating since 1948. The firm provides investment and portfolio management as well as multifamily, industrial, and retail ...

Capital Investment Partners where he was responsible for the oversight of non-real estate assets and was a managing director at

Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered in Lower Manhattan in New York City, with regional headquarters in many internationa ...

between 1990 and 2010. In January 1986, he received a United States Navy Achievement medal for participating in the

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Can ...

recovery.

Early years, education and Navy service

In 1977, Mr. Rimer was a United States Naval ROTC Scholarship Recipient at the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...

. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a

B.A. A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree ...

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

. He earned his

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from Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business in 1989. From 1979-1988, Rimer was a

naval aviator Naval aviation / Aeronaval is the application of military air power by navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases. It often involves '' navalised aircraft'', specifically designed for naval use. Seaborne aviation encompas ...

with the

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for nine years. He received his designation as a United States Naval Aviator and received his US Navy Wings in 1982 after graduating top of his flight school class. In January 1986, he received a United States Navy Achievement medal for participating in the NASA Challenger Shuttle Disaster recovery.

Career

Prior to joining Crow Holdings Capital in January 2011, Rimer was a Managing Director at

and the Southwest Regional Manager for the Private Wealth Management Division in Texas. He worked for Goldman Sachs for 20 years (from 1990-2010), focusing on risk management and equity investments, and was promoted to Managing Director of Goldman Sachs in October 2002.

Community service

In 1993, Mr. Rimer founded the non-profit Time for Dallas, a young professional volunteer organization. In 1994, he received the Future Leader of Dallas award from the Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce. Rimer became a trustee of

Austin College Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Sherman, Texas.Sherman, Texas Sherman is a city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas, United States. The city's population in 2020 was 43,645. It is one of the two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan area, Sherman–Denison metropolitan statist ...

. He is the Chairman of the Don Jackson Center for Financial Studies at

Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a Private university, private research university in Dallas, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, ...

and he sits on the Executive Board for SMU's

Cox School of Business The Edwin L. Cox School of Business is an American business school that is part of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. The SMU Cox School of Business is headquartered in four buildings on SMU's 210-acre main campus five miles ...

. He is also a Director for the Baylor Health Care System Foundation. He is a Director on the Advisory Board for Shatterproof. In February 2016, Mr. Rimer joined the Board of Directors for Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc.

Personal life

Rimer has been married to Jane Meredith Lewis since 1982.

References

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