Mark S. Hoplamazian was appointed to Hyatt board of directors in November 2006 and named President and Chief Executive Officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation in December 2006.
Prior to being appointed to his present position, Mr. Hoplamazian served as President of The Pritzker Organization, L.L.C. (“TPO”), the principal financial and investment advisor to certain Pritzker family business interests.
During his 17 year tenure with TPO he served as advisor to various Pritzker family-owned companies, including Hyatt Hotels Corporation and its predecessors. He previously worked in international mergers and acquisitions at The First Boston Corporation in New York. Mr. Hoplamazian was appointed to the VF Corporation board of directors in February 2015, and serves on the Advisory Board of Facing History and Ourselves, the Council on the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the Executive Committee of the board of directors of World Business Chicago, the board of directors of New Schools for Chicago and of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and the board of trustees of the Aspen Institute and of the Latin School of Chicago.
Mr. Hoplamazian is a member of the World Travel & Tourism Council and the Commercial Club of Chicago and is a member of the Discovery Class of the Henry Crown Fellowship.