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Marriott International, Inc. is an American multinational company that operates, franchises, and licenses lodging brands that include hotel, residential, and timeshare properties. [ 1][ 2] Marriott International owns over 36 hotel and timeshare brands with 8,785 locations and 1,597,380 rooms across its network (As of 2023). [ 3]
Bill Marriott. John Willard " Bill " Marriott Jr. (born March 25, 1932) is an American billionaire businessman who is the executive chairman of Marriott International, of which he owns 11.28%. [ 1]
John Willard Marriott Sr. (September 17, 1900 – August 13, 1985) was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation (which became Marriott International in 1993), the parent company of the world's largest hospitality, hotel chains, and food services companies. The Marriott company rose from a small ...
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Marriott Corporation. The Marriott Corporation was a hospitality company that operated from 1927 until 1993. It was founded by J. Willard Marriott and Frank J. Kimball as Hot Shoppes, Inc. In 1957, it opened its first hotel in Arlington County, Virginia, the Marriott Motor Hotel (demolished 1990). [ 2]
Marriott Hotels & Resorts is Marriott International 's brand of full-service hotels and resorts based in Bethesda, Maryland. As of June 30, 2020, there were 582 hotels and resorts with 205,053 rooms operating under the brand, in addition to 160 hotels with 47,765 rooms planned for development. [ 2][ 3]
The current company was founded in 1983, when the previous owners sold the Ritz-Carlton brand name and the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. [3] The brand was subsequently expanded to other locations. The company is currently a subsidiary of Marriott International. [3]
Wilson was born and raised in Alliance, Ohio. He graduated from Alliance High School 1958. Wilson attended Duke University where he played football. Wilson was a running back on the Duke team that won the Cotton Bowl in 1960. Wilson earned a bachelor's degree from Duke in 1962, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the ...