Blake Gable

CEO, BARRON COLLIER COMPANIES, NAPLES

A fourth-generation private investment, agriculture and land development firm, Barron Collier has 200 employees managing more than 2 million square feet of commercial property, homebuilding operations and private land holdings of more than 80,000 acres. Gable started with the company in 1999 as a project manager during the establishment of Ave Maria before he was named co-president in 2010 and CEO in 2017. Gable chairs the Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees.

EDUCATION: Tulane University (BA), Florida Gulf Coast University (MBA)

MENTOR: U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor, who hired me out of college to work for him in Washington, D.C. He was the first in his family to graduate high school and college, and the first Hispanic elected to Congress from Arizona. I saw firsthand how his kindness and decency allowed him to effectively work across the aisle and create positive outcomes for the people of Arizona.

READING: Red Notice, by Bill Browder

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN
“Lawton Chiles. He had a remarkable ability to work with all Floridians and our state greatly benefitted from his years of public service.”