Kirk Rimer is an American businessman who in 2011 was a

managing director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

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. Originally founded by Trammell Crow, the firm was expanded under the direction of his son, Harlan Cro ...

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

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ...

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 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 Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39a.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST (1 ...

recovery.

Early years, education and Navy service

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

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

. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a B.A. in

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. He earned his

M.B.A. A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

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

naval aviator Naval aviation is the application of military air power by navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases. Naval aviation is typically projected to a position nearer the target by way of an aircraft carrier. Carrier-based a ...

for nine years with the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

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

Southern Methodist University , mottoeng = "The truth will make you free" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = SACS , academic_affiliations = , religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church , president = R. Gerald Turner , prov ...

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, 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 north ...

. 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rimer, Kirk United States Naval Aviators Southern Methodist University alumni Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)