Rick Jackson (businessman)

Jackson has described a childhood in Midtown Atlanta marked by poverty and later time in the foster care system. He graduated from Greater Atlanta Christian School and attended Lipscomb University in Nashville to study business before dropping out due to financial difficulties. ==Business career==

Jackson founded his first medical recruitment business in 1978. The company was converted to a nonprofit and made a subsidiary of Family Christian Resource Centers (FCRC), controlled by Jackson. A 2015 plan by Jackson to restructure FRS was opposed by the U.S. Trustee Office and initially rejected by a bankruptcy judge. Jackson co-established Jackson Acquisitions with Jeb Bush; Bush was chairman and Jackson was CEO. They dissolved the SPAC in 2023. The Internal Revenue Service sued Jackson Investment GroupLLC in 2024 for underreporting $72million in taxable income for 2019, seeking $38million. Jackson Healthcare In 2000, he founded Jackson Healthcare, which provides healthcare staffing and workforce services. The company opened a new $100million campus in March 2019, designed by architectural firm Rule Joy Trammell Rubio (RJTR) and styled after an Italian piazza. Jackson Healthcare earned nearly $1billion from 2020 through 2026 most during the COVID-19 pandemic from various Georgia agencies through state contracts. In 2021, Jackson Healthcare purchased USAntibiotics, an antibiotics manufacturer in Bristol, Tennessee. Jackson Healthcare is privately-held and reports more than $3billion in annual revenue. ==Political career==

In the 2010s, Jackson paid to promote an unsuccessful overhaul of Georgia medical malpractice claims, and wanted to privatize the state's foster care system. He gave $1million to Make America Great AgainInc., a super PAC which supports Donald Trump, in December 2025. Georgia GOP activist Eric Tanenblatt, who has worked for Jackson, in 2026 called Jackson "rock-solid conservative" and "obviously a successful business person". He wants to freeze Georgia's property tax and cut the state's income tax in half. Describing his stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in an interview with WSB-TV, Jackson said, "I believe in diversity and inclusion. I don't believe in equity. I don't believe in equal outcomes, period," calling the latter "communism". Jackson was later criticized after it was revealed that his company Jackson Healthcare touted diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. He supports increasing prescription drug manufacturing in the United States. ==Personal life==

Jackson lives in Cumming, Georgia, in a mansion known as "LeRêve". He and his wife Melody () have three children. Shane Jackson is president of Jackson Healthcare, and Chad Jackson runs the Jackson Family Foundation. Jackson co-produced the film 90Minutes in Heaven (2015). He is a Christian. == References ==