COMPANY

Founded 1919 by Conrad Hilton. Spun off Caesars Entertainment in 1998. Acquired by Blackstone Group in 2007 for $20B and taken private.

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

Industry:
Hotel

Ticker:
(private)

Corporate headquarters:
Beverly Hills, CA

Sales:
$8.1B (2006)

Employees:
100,000 (2007)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stephen F. Bollenbach	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Hilton Hotels, 1996-2007
Matthew J. Hart	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Hilton Hotels
Barron Hilton	Business	23-Oct-1927		Chairman of Hilton Hotels
Conrad Hilton	Business	25-Dec-1887	3-Jan-1979	Founder, Hilton Hotels
Fred Kleisner	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Wyndham International

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stephen F. Bollenbach	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Hilton Hotels, 1996-2007
Barron Hilton	Business	23-Oct-1927		Chairman of Hilton Hotels

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert L. Johnson	Business	8-Apr-1946		CEO of BET
Peter Ueberroth	Baseball	2-Sep-1937		Commissioner of Baseball, 1984-89

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Christine N. Garvey	Business	c. 1945		Retired real estate executive

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Evers	Activist	11-Sep-1922		Brother of Medgar Evers
Jose Padilla	Terrorist	18-Oct-1970		Alleged Terrorist
Gideon Yu	Business	c. 1971		CFO of Facebook, 2007-09

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Naomi Campbell	Model	22-May-1970		Black Panther
Larry King	Talk Show Host	19-Nov-1933		Larry King Live

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