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Samuel A. Boyd (April 23, 1910 – January 15, 1993) was an American entrepreneur, casino manager and developer. He was noted for introducing successful marketing, gambling and entertainment innovations into the casino gambling industry, as well as building one of the largest and most successful casino empires in the world.
Boyd Gaming Corporation is an American gaming and hospitality company based in Paradise, Nevada. The company continues to be run by founder Sam Boyd's family under the management of Sam's son, Bill Boyd (born 1931), who currently serves as the company's executive chairman after retiring as CEO in January 2008.
Bill Boyd co-founded Boyd Gaming Corporation in 1975 with his father, Sam Boyd. A practicing attorney for 15 years, he turned his attention to gaming full-time in 1975 and served as Chief Executive Officer of Boyd Gaming from 1993 to 2008, leading the Company through a period of significant national expansion.
Sam Boyd. Samuel A. Sam Boyd was born April 23, 1910 in Enid, Oklahoma. He married Mary Neumann in 1931 and within a year welcomed their only child, Bill. Boyd moved his family to Las Vegas in 1941, where he held a series of jobs from dealing penny roulette at the Jackpot club to working as a shift boss at the Flamingo and later at the Sahara.
Jan 16, 1993 · Sam Boyd, who parlayed a job as a casino dealer into a Nevada resort empire, died today. He was 82. Mr. Boyd died in a local hospital. He had been ill with a number of ailments, said Jim...
Jan 7, 2019 · Starting in the 1970s, Bill Boyd built an empire of budget casinos. But as Las Vegas transformed into a luxury gambling mecca, he tried to reinvent himself and nearly lost it all.
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Family patriarch, Sam Boyd, was an original investor in the Sahara and the Mint. Sam’s son, Bill, joined with his father in developing the Union Plaza Hotel and later created Boyd Gaming. Bill is now chairman and CEO of the corporation that bears his family name.
