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WHO IS GARY C. COOPER?

I’ve spent more than 30 years building healthcare companies, and I’ve learned most of what I know by doing it, getting some things right, getting plenty wrong, and staying in the game long enough to learn from both.

I co-founded Palmetto Infusion in 1996 and helped build it from an entrepreneurial startup into a multi-site ambulatory infusion and home care platform with 60+ locations across the Southeast.

Along the way, I’ve built and exited seven healthcare companies, worked with strategic acquirers and private equity partners, led turnarounds, integrated businesses, and learned what it takes to preserve culture while a company grows.

That work has taken me across home health, hospice, infusion, specialty pharmacy, and other multi-site healthcare businesses, with experience in P&L leadership, M&A, PE partnerships, operational scaling, organizational restructuring, succession, and culture building.

These days, I’m especially interested in where that experience can be useful to others. I spend much of my time working with boards, entrepreneurs, executives, and PE-backed healthcare companies navigating growth, change, or the next stage of their journey.

 

I’m also the co-author of the WSJ bestseller The Success Paradox: How to Surrender & Win in Business and Life. It’s inspired by my life story and reflects what I’ve come to believe about business, leadership, and how we define success.

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Gary C. Cooper The Success Paradox Book cover

HELPING OTHERS

Helping others has always motivated me. That's
why I started in healthcare and wrote 
The Success Paradox: How to Surrender and Win in Business and Life.

Finding your “WHY” is an important motivator. A little while back, I talked with my preacher, who told me business is my gift to others. I aim to invest in businesses that have the potential to make a difference.

A PLACE CALLED HOME

We live in a beautiful part of the world called Pawleys Island and feel incredibly blessed to live here. My wife, Kelly, and I are lucky to have four amazing kids – Gracyn, Clemons, Marshall, and Sutton. In 2023, South Carolina was the fastest-growing state in the US according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and I’m not surprised.

We have beautiful scenery, a laid-back family lifestyle, and incredible opportunities. I am very involved in my community, doing what I can to help businesses thrive in the Carolinas, and help to build a brighter tomorrow for everyone.

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