Gary Loveman is chairman, CEO and president of Caesars Entertainment Corp. A former associate professor at Harvard Business School, he joined Caesars Entertainment in 1998, drawing on his background in marketing and service management to develop Total Rewards, which today has more than 40 million members. Since being named CEO in 2003, he has presided over the 2004 purchase of Horseshoe Gaming and the World Series of Poker, and the 2005 acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Inc. In 2008, Caesars went private in a $30.7 billion transaction. In the wake of the financial crisis, Loveman led Caesars' successful debt reduction and liquidity improvement strategies, while adding Planet Hollywood to the company portfolio. He was recognized as the gaming and lodging industry's best CEO by Institutional Investor magazine for four consecutive years. A past chairman of the American Gaming Association and a member of the President's Export Council, Loveman holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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