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John Willard "Bill" Marriott Jr. (born March 25, 1932) is an American billionaire businessman who is the executive chairman of Marriott International, of which he owns 11.28%.
Marriott served 40 years as Marriott’s Chief Executive Officer before stepping down on March 31, 2012. Mr. Marriott’s passion for the hospitality industry began at an early age. He spent his high school and college years working in a variety of positions in the family’s Hot Shoppes restaurants.
For more than 40 years as CEO of his family's hotel chain, Bill Marriott practiced a famously hands-on style that he called "management by walking around."
Bill Marriott. Raised in the family business, J.W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr. developed an early passion for hospitality. In his more than 60 years at the company’s helm, he built Marriott into a global lodging company with more than 8,000 properties spanning 139 countries and territories.
Oct 1, 2021 · View Bill Marriott’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. J.W. Marriott, Jr. is Chairman Emeritus of Marriott International, Inc. Mr. Marriott was…
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Feb 14, 2024 · Growing up on a hardscrabble sheep and sugar beet farm in Utah, John Willard “Bill” Marriott sought opportunities beyond his humble Mormon beginnings. In 1927, the twenty-six-year-old Marriott opened an A&W root beer stand in Washington, DC, working around the clock with his wife, Alice.
Jun 2, 2017 · Bill Marriott was five when his father, J. Willard, laid the seedlings for what would become the largest hotel company in the world. He discusses his past, the state of travel and hospitality, his legacy and the true spirit of Marriott.
