CEO
Group Excellence
Carl Dorvil graduated from SMU in 2005 with a Triple Major in Public Policy, Economics, and Psychology, with Distinction; he also received his MBA from SMU Cox School of Business. Dorvil is an entrepreneur with a passion for social enterprises. His most successful business to date is a mentoring/tutoring company called Group Excellence (GEX). In 2004, he founded GEX out of his dorm room at SMU. The company started with a $20,000 grant from Texas Instrument Foundation. Since its inception, GEX has generated over $35 million in sales, provided over 800,000 hours of tutoring to students around the country, and created over 2,000 jobs. In 2011, Dorvil sold the company to a Dallas-based investor group. Two years later, he bought it back for 10% of the original sales price. In 2010, Dorvil received the Minority Business Leader award from the Dallas Business Journal and GEX made it to the Top 100 on SMU's Dallas 100 Fastest-Growing Businesses list. In 2011, Dorvil was the youngest-ever honoree on the DBJ’s 40 Under Forty, and GEX was Number 450 on the Inc. 500 List of fastest-growing companies in the United States. In addition to GEX, Carl is a managing partner at Vicar Capital Advisors and CEO of MyEasyHQ, a back office business for entrepreneurs and nonprofits. Dorvil is currently being featured as part of SMU’s national marketing campaign, “World Changers Shaped Here.