Steve Rimmer is CEO of Guggenheim Aviation Partners LLC (GAP) and senior managing director of Guggenheim Partners. Rimmer formed GAP, an asset management company, in 2003 with Guggenheim, an international financial services firm. GAP is now managing its second fund, with a portfolio of 54 Boeing and Airbus aircraft representing over $2.2 billion of assets under management. Rimmer's involvement in worldwide aircraft and engine trading activities spans over 30 years. In 2000, he founded XS Aviation Ltd., a commercial aircraft investment management and advisory company. Prior to XS Aviation, he was a principal of Curtis & Co., in charge of its London office from 1990 through 2000. Rimmer has significant experience sourcing, financing, remarketing and managing investments for his own account and on behalf of investors. He has also held senior management positions with several prominent firms in the aircraft leasing and finance sector.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.