Who is the CEO of the company that won the National Lottery franchise in 1994, 2001, and 2007?
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Andy Duncan (executive) Andy Duncan (born 31 July 1962) is CEO of Camelot UK Lotteries Limited (Camelot Group), the operator of the UK National Lottery. Duncan started his career at Unilever – where he spent 17 years in a variety of senior managerial roles – before he was appointed director of Marketing, Communications and Audiences at the BBC. Duncan then became chief executive of Britain's Channel 4 television channel from July 2004 to November 2009 – the first not to have a background in programme making – and was the founding chairman of Freeview. After a year as CEO of H.R. Owen plc, the UK's leading luxury car business, he became UK managing director of Camelot in October 2011 and was subsequently appointed UK CEO in October 2014. Duncan was appointed President of the Advertising Association in January 2014.
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Camelot Group Camelot Group are the operators of the UK National Lottery. Camelot Group was awarded the National Lottery franchise in May 1994 (though the lottery did not start until November 1994) and was re-awarded the franchise in 2001 and again in 2007. The current franchise period started in 2009 and runs until 2019, with a possible extension of up to five years. The governmental body the National Lottery Commission is responsible for deciding who is awarded the franchise. The way the franchise was awarded to Camelot in 2001 caused some controversy because state owned Royal Mail held a 20% stake in the Camelot Group.
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Adam Silver Adam Silver (born April 25, 1962) is an American lawyer and businessman, who is currently the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Multi-State Lottery Association The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is an American non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 33-member lotteries. MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games, most notably Mega Millions and Powerball.
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Hilton Worldwide Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., formerly Hilton Hotels Corporation, is an American multinational hospitality company that manages and franchises a broad portfolio of hotels and resorts. Founded by Conrad Hilton in 1919, the corporation is now led by Christopher J. Nassetta.
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Bob Iger Robert Allen Iger ( ; born February 10, 1951) is an American businessman who is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company. Before Disney, Iger served as the president of ABC Television from 1994 to 1995 and the president and chief operating officer (COO) of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. from 1995 until Disney's acquisition of the company in 1996. He was named president and COO of Disney in 2000, and later succeeded Michael Eisner as CEO in 2005, after a successful effort by Roy E. Disney to shake up the management of the company. As part of his yearly compensation, Iger earned $44.9 million in 2015.
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Colorado Lottery The Colorado Lottery is run by the state government of Colorado. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL).
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Puerto Rico Lottery The Puerto Rico Lottery (Spanish: "Lotería de Puerto Rico" ) is the oldest modern lottery in the United States. The system began in 1934 and is currently operated by the Puerto Rico Treasury Department.
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Pat Bowlen Patrick Dennis Bowlen (born February 18, 1944) is the majority owner of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). The Bowlen Family, including his two brothers John Bowlen and Bill Bowlen, and sister Marybeth Bowlen, purchased the team from Edgar Kaiser in 1984. He served as the Broncos CEO from his purchase of the club in 1984 until July 2014, when he stepped down as Broncos' CEO due to the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.
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Keith Nellesen Keith Nellesen (born 1967) is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Vivint, Inc., a home automation, security and solar energy company. Vivint, Inc. was acquired in late 2012 for $2.2 Billion by the Blackstone Group. Following the sale of Vivint to the Blackstone Group, Nellesen became the founder of NUVI where he is currently the CEO. Nellesen has been a part of NUVI since its founding and previously served as the CEO of the company from May 2014 to October 2015, before recently resuming the CEO position in late 2016. He also previously served as Chairman and CEO at MoneyReef.
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Walton family The Walton family is an American family whose collective fortune makes them among the richest families in the world. The majority of their wealth derives from the heritage of Bud and Sam Walton, who were the co-founders of the world's largest retailer, Walmart. The three most prominent living members (Jim, Rob and Alice) have consistently been in the top ten of the "Forbes" 400 since 2001, as were John ( 2005) and Helen (d. 2007) prior to their deaths. Christy Walton took her husband John's place after his death.
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Emera Emera Incorporated is a publicly traded energy and services company with $10.19 billion in assets and 2014 revenues of $2.97 billion. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Emera's President and CEO is Christopher G. Huskilson. The company invests in electricity generation, transmission and distribution, and gas transmission and utility energy services. As of September 2015 the Emera group of companies had over 3600 employees.
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Scientific Games Corporation Scientific Games Corporation is an American company that provides gambling products and services to lottery and gambling organizations worldwide. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Products include electronic gaming machines, table games, iGaming and iLottery products, instant lottery games, lottery gaming systems, terminals and services, internet applications, server-based interactive gambling terminals, and gambling control systems.
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Darin Pastor Darin Richard Pastor (born February 19, 1971) is an American businessman, entrepreneur and inventor. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capstone Financial Group, Inc. His family owned the Pepsi-Cola Buffalo Bottling Corp. and the Buffalo Bison Hockey Club. Pastor has worked at the financial firms American Mortgage Affiliates, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Prudential. He submitted a bid to acquire the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes franchise in 2013.
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Virginia Lottery The Virginia Lottery is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was created in 1987 when Virginians voted in favor of a state lottery. The first ticket was sold on September 20, 1988. All profits from Virginia Lottery ticket sales go to K-12 public education. In Fiscal Year 2017, the Lottery's profits totaled well over a half billion dollars, accounting for approximately 9 percent of school funding in Virginia. That brought total Lottery profits in Virginia (from 1989 to June 2017) to more than $11 billion.
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Burger King Burger King (BK) is an American global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in the unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as InstaBurger King, a Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant chain. After Insta-Burger King ran into financial difficulties in 1954, its two Miami-based franchisees David Edgerton and James McLamore purchased the company and renamed it "Burger King". Over the next half-century, the company would change hands four times, with its third set of owners, a partnership of TPG Capital, Bain Capital, and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, taking it public in 2002. In late 2010, 3G Capital of Brazil acquired a majority stake in the company, in a deal valued at US$3.26 billion. The new owners promptly initiated a restructuring of the company to reverse its fortunes. 3G, along with partner Berkshire Hathaway, eventually merged the company with the Canadian-based doughnut chain Tim Hortons, under the auspices of a new Canadian-based parent company named Restaurant Brands International.
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A.G. Lafley Alan George "A. G." Lafley (born June 13, 1947) is an American businessman that led consumer goods maker Procter & Gamble (P&G) for two separate stints, from 2000 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2015, during which he served as chairman, president and CEO. In 2015, he stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman of P&G, eventually retiring in June 2016.
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Steve Burke (businessman) Stephen B. Burke (born August 14, 1958) is an American businessman. He serves as the executive vice president of Comcast, and as president and chief executive officer of NBCUniversal.
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Russell T. Lewis Russell T. Lewis (born c. 1947) was CEO of The New York Times Company from 1997 to December 26, 2004.
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Micky Arison Micky Arison (born June 29, 1949) is an Israeli-American businessman and chairman of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator. From 1979 until 2013, he also served as CEO until he was replaced in June 2013 by Arnold W. Donald, who had served on the company's board for 12 years. Arison is also the owner of the NBA's Miami Heat.
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Wingspan Bank Wingspan Bank (branded as Wingspanbank.com) was a U.S. bank operating solely via the Internet from 1999 to 2000. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank One. The CEO was Jim Stewart, previously of the parent bank's First USA division.
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Gary Green (baseball owner) Gary Green (born September 8, 1965) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is CEO of Alliance Building Services, one of the largest privately held building service providers in North America. In 2009, at the peak of his building services career, Green channeled his passion for baseball into Alliance Baseball LLC and has become a prominent investor and franchise owner in Minor League Baseball.