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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%.
Bill Marriott is currently Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Marriott International, while Richard Marriott is Chairman of the board for Host Hotels & Resorts, formerly Host Marriott Corporation.
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.
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. He became a full-time associate in 1956, and soon afterward began overseeing the first Marriott hotel.
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.
Effective March 31, 2012, Bill Marriott assumed the role of executive chairman of the company and relinquished the role of chief executive officer to Arne Sorenson. In December 2012, Guinness World Records recognized the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, a five star hotel, as the tallest hotel in the world.
Thirty years after founding his first business, J.W. Marriott expands into the lodging business with the Twin Bridges Motor Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. His son Bill Marriott, Jr. is appointed to lead the new segment of the business and oversee hotel expansion.
Oct 29, 2019 · What’s new: Biography of Bill Marriott shares details of his days as a Latter-day Saint bishop. The account of Bill Marriott’s service as a Latter-day Saint bishop is one of many never-before-published stories about his life found in the pages of his biography.
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.
Jan 10, 2018 · For a period in the 1970s, Bill devoted 25 hours a week as a Mormon bishop, on top of the 70 hours he spent as CEO of Marriott, according to a 2007 Washingtonian profile of the family. To friends and neighbors, they seemed happy and, considering their vast wealth, surprisingly normal.
