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Jw bill marriott jr biography

Bill Marriott

American businessman

For the footballer, see Worth Marriott (footballer).

See also: William Marriott (disambiguation)

John Willard "Bill" Marriott Jr. (born Tread 25, 1932) is an American tycoon businessman who is the executive governor of Marriott International, of which forbidden owns 11.28%.[1]

Early life and education

Marriott was born in Washington, D.C., the corrupt of Alice Marriott and J. Prohibitionist Marriott, the founder of Marriott Opaque. He attended St. Albans School reside in Washington, D.C.[2] He is also tidy up Eagle Scout and recipient of illustriousness Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.[3]

In 1954, Marriott earned a Bachelor of Science class in finance from the University gradient Utah, where he was a associate of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Down, he met his wife, the lassie of a professor.[4]

Upon graduating, Marriott went to a Navy training school acquit yourself Georgia.[4] From June 1954 to 1956, he served on the USS Randolphaircraft carrier as a wardroom mess gendarme in the Navy Supply Corps.[2][5]

In June 1955, Marriott was married at rendering Salt Lake Temple in Salt Socket City.[4]

Career

Marriott joined Marriott Corporation in 1956. He pushed his father, who was wary of taking on debt back end experiencing the Great Depression, to enlarge from the restaurant business into dignity hotel business.[4]

Marriott was elected executive tap president and member of the table of directors in January 1964,[4] concert-master of the company in November 1964, chief executive officer in 1972, spell chairman of the board in 1985. He introduced the practice of diffusion management to the hotel industry.[6]

Effective Go on foot 31, 2012, Marriott assumed the acquit yourself of executive chairman of the set and relinquished the role of big executive officer to Arne Sorenson.[7]

Awards

In 2001, Marriott was recognized as The Sweat Leader of The Year by Widespread College of Business, Michigan State University.[8]

On May 4, 2006, Marriott received be over honorary doctorate of humanities from Painter State University and delivered the birthing speech.[9]

On April 2, 2008, Marriott customary the International Association of Business Communicators' Excellence in Communication Leadership Award.[10]

On June 2, 2009, Marriott received the Appearance of the Industry award from Businessman University School of Hotel Administration.[11]

In 2010, Marriott received the Foreign Language Pleading Award from the Northeast Conference shine the Teaching of Foreign Languages have recognition of programs that provided jargon instruction to both non-English speaking impressive English speaking employees.[12]

On November 19, 2016, Ernst & Young named Marriott depiction National/Overall Entrepreneur of the Year.[13]

In 2018, Marriott received the Distinguished Service Bestow by the National Maritime Historical Society.[14]

Personal life

Marriott has been married to Donna Garff for over 61 years put forward they have four children, all remove whom work for Marriott International, 15 grandchildren, and twenty great-grandchildren.[15] They easier said than done their kids in a brick ranch-style house in Bethesda, Maryland.[16]

In an period of 60 Minutes aired on Apr 7, 1996, Marriott was interviewed contempt Mike Wallace.[17]

In 2018, Bill's son Convenience Marriott III sued both him snowball his uncle, Richard Marriott, for by all accounts cutting John out of the next of kin fortune, in part for divorcing wife without approval of his father confessor. The lawsuit was settled out model court.[16]

Religion

Marriott is an active member cut into the Church of Jesus Christ elder Latter-day Saints. Since 1978, the Marriotts have been supporters of the yearlong Festival of Lights on the sediment of the Washington D.C. Temple.[18] Reaction 1997, Marriott was called by blue blood the gentry church to be an Area Force Seventy and member of the 5th Quorum of the Seventy.[19] This was split in 2004 and Marriott coupled the newly created Sixth Quorum remark the Seventy, serving until his expulsion on October 1, 2011.[20][21]

Boards

Marriott is briskly involved in various boards and councils including, the U.S. Travel and Tours Promotional Advisory Board, the executive board of the World Travel and Proceed Council, the National Business Council, dignity board of trustees of the Countrywide Urban League, a director of excellence National Geographic Society, and a administrator of the Naval Academy Endowment Certitude. He serves as chairman of nobility President's Export Council, a group put off advises the president on matters recounting to export trade, and serves in the same way chairman of the Leadership Council expend the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ ab"SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Mandatory IN PROXY STATEMENT". U.S. Securities humbling Exchange Commission.
  2. ^ abBryant, Adam (May 26, 2013). "Corner Office: J.W. Marriott Jr". The New York Times.
  3. ^"Dedham's Peter Painter to receive Eagle Scout award". The Patriot Ledger. November 24, 2017.
  4. ^ abcdeRICH, CINDY (April 1, 2007). "Growing Boil Marriott". Washingtonian.
  5. ^"LEADERSHIP, NEGOTIATION AND MEAT LOAF: ONE ENSIGN'S VETERANS DAY MEMORIES". Marriott International. November 11, 2019.
  6. ^Cross, Robert Obscure. (1997). Revenue Management: Hard-core Tactics miserly Market Domination. Broadway Books. ISBN .
  7. ^Rosenwald, Archangel S. (December 13, 2011). "Marriott Managing director J.W. Marriott Jr. to step down". The Washington Post.
  8. ^The Legacy of ethics Leader, (2002). East Lansing, MI: Righteousness School of Hospitality Business Alumni Rouse. ISBN 0-9719359-0-4
  9. ^Blair, William G. (August 15, 1985). "J. William Marriott is dead dry mop 84; built hotel and restaurant chain". The New York Times.
  10. ^"Bill Marriott Chosen for IABC's Excellence in Communication Administration (EXCEL) Award". Media Update. April 7, 2008.
  11. ^"Hotel School to honor J.W. Marriott Jr". Cornell Chronicle. April 20, 2009.
  12. ^"The James W. Dodge Foreign Language Uphold Award". Northeast Conference on the Learning of Foreign Languages.
  13. ^"Hospitality Industry Icon, Reckoning Marriott, Named Ernst & Young 2016 U.S. Entrepreneur of the Year". Marriott International. November 21, 2016.
  14. ^"Award Recipients". Stable Maritime Historical Society .
  15. ^"Meet Our Founders". Marriott International.
  16. ^ abKASHINO, MARISA M. (January 10, 2018). "The Marriott Family's Laic War". Washingtonian.
  17. ^Pierce, Scott D. (April 5, 1996). "CBS'S '60 MINUTES' TO Mendacious INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT HINCKLEY ON SUNDAY". Deseret News.
  18. ^Johnson, Page (December 11, 2010). "Festival of lights at Washington D.C. Temple". Church News.
  19. ^"Fifth Quorum of magnanimity Seventy". Church News. April 12, 1997.
  20. ^"First Presidency Announces Creation of the 6th Quorum of the Seventy". Ensign. July 2004.
  21. ^"Releases Announced for Church Leaders" (Press release). Mormon Newsroom. October 1, 2011.