Mark A. Brown (born February 10, 1961) is an American gaming industry executive known for serving as CEO of
Trump Hotels and Casinos Inc. and president of
The Venetian Macau
The Venetian Macao () is a hotel and casino resort in Macau, China owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The 39-story structure on Macau's Cotai Strip has of floor space, and is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Veg ...
,
Sands Macau
Sands Macao () is a hotel and casino resort located in Sé, Macau, SAR - China. It is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and was designed by Steelman Partners, LLP. It comprises a casino, and a 289-suite hotel.
Las Vegas ...
, and The Four Seasons Macau. In November 2010, Brown joined Wynn Resorts, Ltd in advance of the organization's multibillion-dollar Cotai Strip Macau project.
In November 2014 Brown was named president and CEO of
Imperial Pacific
Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited () is a Chinese investment holding company. It was founded with headquarters in Hong Kong and originally named First Natural Foods Holdings until it was renamed in May 2014. It is majority owned by ...
Ltd's $7.1 Billion casino resort project in Saipan.
Biography
Mark Anthony Brown was raised in
Brigantine, New Jersey
Brigantine (or simply The Island) is a city in Atlantic County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 7,716, a decrease of 1,734 (−18.3%) from the 2010 census count of 9,450, which in ...
and entered the gaming industry in the late 1970s at Atlantic City's Resorts International. By age 25, Brown was married with two sons and was quickly rising through industry ranks. After a long tenure as CEO of Trump Hotels, in 2005 Brown exercised a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave with a golden parachute if Donald Trump ever owned less than 35% of the company. He then moved to
Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...
(SAR of PRC) to lead the largest project in gaming industry history with the
Sands Corporation
Las Vegas Sands Corp. is an American casino and resort company with corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It was founded by Sheldon Adelson, Sheldon G. Adelson and his partners out of the Sands Hotel and Casino on the Las ...
.
Brown served as CEO for Imperial Pacific gaming project in the United States territory of Saipan, with an exclusive gaming license and project scope of US$7.1 Billion. The initial phase of the project has broken US records for casino volume, with US$3.95 Billion in VIP gaming turnover during the month of September 2016. He retired in early January 2018.
Non-profit work
Brown served as chairman of the Atlantic City Convention Authority, president of the Atlantic City Casino Association, and on the board of directors for several other non-profit organizations such as N.J. D.A.R.E, Covenant House, and United Way. Brown set the all-time fundraising record at United Way. For his efforts, Brown has received such awards as the Businessman of the Year Award from the Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce, the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Trocki Hebrew Academy, and the D.A.R.E. Future of New Jersey Award. In the summer of 2008, Brown ran with the Olympic Torch during the torch relays.
["Former Atlantic City casino exec to carry Olympic torch in Macau, China", Press of Atlantic City, Scott Cronic, May 2, 2008]
References
External links
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BLOOMBERG NEWS November 14, 2016 *
BusinessWeek profile
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1961 births
Living people
People from Brigantine, New Jersey
American casino industry businesspeople