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Harrah's Entertainment

COMPANY

Operator of over 40 casinos worldwide, founded 1937. In 2006 Harrah's announced that it would accept a buyout offer from private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group of $16.7B, or $90/share plus assumption of the company's $10.7B in debt.

Official Website:
http://www.harrahs.com/

Industry:
Casino Gaming

Ticker:
(private) NYSE:HET

Corporate headquarters:
Las Vegas, NV

Sales:
$4.5B (2004)

Employees:
46,600 (2004)

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
William F. Harrah
Business
 2-Sep-1911 30-Jun-1978 Founder of Harrah's Casino
Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr.
Business
 c. 1950   CEO of Choice Hotels
Gary W. Loveman
Business
 c. 1960   CEO of Harrah's Entertainment
Michael N. Regan
Business
 c. 1948   CFO of St. Joe Company, 2006-07
Philip G. Satre
Business
 c. 1949   CEO of Harrah's Entertainment, 1993-2003

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jeffrey D. Benjamin
Business
 c. 1961   Apollo Management
David Bonderman
Business
 c. 1943   Billionaire, Texas Pacific Group
Anthony M. Civale
Business
 c. 1975   Apollo Management
Jonathan J. Coslet
Business
 c. 1965   Texas Pacific Group
Kelvin Davis
Business
 c. 1965   Texas Pacific Group
Gary W. Loveman
Business
 c. 1960   CEO of Harrah's Entertainment
Karl Peterson
Business
 c. 1970   Texas Pacific Group, Hotwire.com
Eric Press
Business
 c. 1965   Apollo Management
Marc J. Rowan
Business
 c. 1961   Billionaire, Apollo Management

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Barbara T. Alexander
Business
 c. 1948   Former UBS manager
Frank Biondi
Business
 9-Jan-1945   Former CEO, Viacom, Universal Studios
Stephen F. Bollenbach
Business
 c. 1943   CEO of Hilton Hotels, 1996-2007
Gary G. Michael
Business
 c. 1940   CEO of Albertson's, 1991-2001
Robert G. Miller
Business
 c. 1945   CEO of Albertson's
Michael D. Rose
Business
 c. 1942   CEO of Holiday Inn, 1981-90
Philip G. Satre
Business
 c. 1949   CEO of Harrah's Entertainment, 1993-2003
Christopher J. Williams
Business
 c. 1958   Williams Capital Group

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ann Curry
Journalist
 19-Nov-1956   Dateline NBC Co-Host


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