Name Arne Sorenson | Role Executive | |
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Education University of Minnesota Law School, Luther College Similar People Bill Marriott, J Willard Marriott, Kathleen Matthews, Ian Schrager | ||
Arne sorenson president and ceo of marriott international
Arne Morris Sorenson (born 1959) is an American hotel executive. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Marriott International. A graduate of Luther College and the University of Minnesota Law School, Sorenson became the head of the largest publicly traded hotel chain in the world on March 31, 2012. He previously practiced law in Washington, D.C. with Latham and Watkins (specializing in mergers and acquisitions litigation), has been a director for Wal-Mart, and has served as the Chief Operating Officer for Marriott.
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Career
Sorenson is the first person outside the Marriott family to lead the company. On March 31, 2012, Sorenson became the President and CEO of Marriott International Inc.
He began his term as CEO with a trip to Brazil to inspect Marriott facilities there.
Personal life
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Sorenson is married, and has four children.
Sorenson is a registered Democrat, and led his company into advocating for LGBT rights. In recent years, he announced that he formally opposed Indiana's proposed Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and became one of many CEOs to ask for a full repeal of North Carolina's House Bill 2.