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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine (2019)
★Forbes' America's Most Innovative Leaders list (2019)
★Barron's World's Best CEOs list (2019)
★Posthumous Above and Beyond Lifetime Achievement Award from The Lodging Conference (2021)
★Arne Sorenson Social Impact Leadership Award created in his honor by AHLA (2022)
★Company recognized as Fortune World's Most Admired Companies under his leadership (2020)
★DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity recognition for Marriott under his tenure
Notable Facts
→First CEO outside the Marriott family to lead Marriott International (2012-2021)
→Led the $13 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, making Marriott the world's largest hotel chain
→Served on boards of Microsoft Corporation, Walmart, and Brookings Institution
→Had over 100,000+ LinkedIn followers and was a LinkedIn Influencer
→Advocated for LGBTQ+ rights, environmental sustainability, and diversity & inclusion
→Died unexpectedly in February 2021 at age 62 from pancreatic cancer
→Multiple awards and honors created posthumously in his memory
→Grew Marriott from 640,000 rooms to 1.4 million rooms during his tenure
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