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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%. [1]
J.W. Marriott, Jr. is Chairman Emeritus of Marriott International, Inc. Mr. Marriott was Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board before retiring in May 2022. Mr.
Jan 10, 2018 · He’s spent his whole life trying to please his billionaire father—John Willard Marriott Jr., known as Bill—and to live up to the impossible expectations attached to his famous name. As a boy, John says, he attended high-pressure private schools, followed a religion he didn’t believe in, and smiled through severe depression, all to ...
Oct 1, 2021 · J.W. Marriott, Jr. is Chairman Emeritus of Marriott International, Inc. Mr. Marriott was…. · Experience: Marriott International · Education: University of Utah · Location: Washington DC ...
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Mar 3, 2014 · Bill Marriott, Jr. 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." Shortly...
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.
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.