Buyout specialist emigrated with family from Israel 1968, grew up in Flint, Mich. Founded what is now Gores Group buyout firm 1987 after selling Executive Business Systems, a software and hardware outfit he founded servicing small companies. Today owns 14 companies, manages 2 private equity funds. Prefers to buy divisions of technology firms, merge them to create new companies. Brother Tom runs competing Platinum Equity.