Awards & Recognition
★Yale Legend in Leadership Award (2025) - unanimous vote by Yale representatives
★Fortune CEO of the Year recognition (2024)
★Highest-paid travel CEO among S&P 500 companies (2023)
Notable Facts
→CEO of Booking Holdings since 2017, company valued at $180+ billion
→Led major acquisitions including Booking.com, KAYAK, OpenTable, RentalCars.com
→Survived a severe stroke at age 17 before graduating from Wharton and Harvard Law
→25+ year company veteran who joined Priceline in 2000 during dot-com boom
→Harvard Law School and Wharton School graduate
→Member of Business Roundtable and retired NY State Bar member
→Stock tripled under his leadership with 30%+ CAGR over 8 years as CEO
→Compensation 'actually paid' of $126.4 million in 2024