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Manny Gonzalez

​Managing Partner

​Manny Gonzalez is a strategic leader with global experience in the entertainment/hospitality industry, theme parks, water parks, live events, zoos aquariums, and cruise lines. His professional career might be best discribed as eclectic. Starting his career in the hospitality hotel, food and beverage industry, he worked his way from behind-the-scenes to becoming a leader in the entertainment industry.

Mr. Gonzalez's strengths lie in strategic management planning, marketing, finance and venue operations. His experience in master planning and development includes the expansion of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium into a 580-acre regional entertainment complex with a water park, theme park, golf course, and an expanded zoo - a $180 million project that attracts over 2 million visitors per year.

He received his Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma in 1995 and his Master in Business Administration from Oklahoma Christian University in 2002. He serves on the board of Donald Woods Winnicott School in Mexico and RX Entertainment, and has served as a board member for Scrum Alliance, Hawaiian Falls Water Parks, The Dublin CVB, NSHMBA, HACR, United Methodist Children's Home, Park Street and participated on the Zoo and Aquarium Committee for IAAPA.