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About M. Gordon Publishing Group (MGPG)

MGPG was founded in 1995 and has 27 years of publishing and media experience building businesses around expert knowledge (Intellectual Property). The firm has primarily focused on the financial markets industry and has recently expanded into the high-level health and fitness industry monetizing Intellectual Property for world-class athletes.

M. Gordon Publishing Group, and it’s related companies, is nearing $100 million in revenue for the experts it’s worked with, and their spin-off companies.

Our Board of Directors

Laurence Connors

Larry Connors is Founder and Managing Partner of M. Gordon Publishing Group. Mr. Connors has launched numerous companies and dozens of projects over his 27-year career focusing on building businesses around expert knowledge and intellectual property.

His companies have twice received awards by the Entrex Private Company Index for being one of the 10 fastest-growing private companies in the United States.

Mr. Connors has been featured and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron’s, Bloomberg TV & Radio, Bloomberg Magazine, Dow Jones Newswire, Yahoo Finance, E-Trade Financial Daily, Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, and many others. Mr. Connors has been a featured speaker at a number of major investment conferences over the past two decades.

Bradley S. Scott

Brad Scott has over 40 years of successful business experience including bringing companies public. Mr. Scott is the only CEO in the world to have been selected two consecutive years to the Forbes 40 Fastest Growing Publicly Traded Companies list. Mr. Scott’s primary focus is developing, building, and selling businesses once they’ve prospered.

Mr. Scott is the recipient of multiple business awards including the Merrill Lynch/ Ernst&Young/ Inc. Magazine “Entrepreneur of the Year” for the Los Angeles Region. Mr. Scott also serves on several non-profit boards.

Raul Pallares

Raul Pallares is a successful entrepreneur and former President of M. Gordon Publishing. Mr. Pallares most recently grew the e-commerce start-up WhatSheBuys.com to revenues just under $10 million dollars before successfully selling the company. Mr. Pallares now provides consulting services related to strategy, management, operations, marketing, and developing products and services.

Mr. Pallares is a graduate of Harvard University.

Paul Ruggieri, MD

Dr. Paul Ruggieri is a practicing general surgeon, and an Angel Investor,  Throughout his active twenty-year career, Dr. Ruggieri has held Department of Surgery Chairman positions at several community hospitals.  He has also been a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Ruggieri graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his surgical training at Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine.  He subsequently served three years on active duty, the last as Department of Surgery Chairman in the United States Army.