Mark Hoplamazian

Mark Samuel Hoplamazian^[1] (born November 27, 1963) is an Armenian American businessman, who has been the president and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation since December 2006.^[2] Through marriage he is a member of the Kohler family.

Mark Hoplamazian
Hoplamazian in 2018
Born	(1963-11-27) November 27, 1963 (age 61) Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Episcopal Academy
Alma mater	Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (MBA)
Title	President and CEO, Hyatt Hotels
Spouse	Rachel DeYoung Kohler ​ ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	3
Relatives	Herbert Kohler Jr. (father-in-law)

Early life

Hoplamazian was born on November 27, 1963^[3] in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania^{[citation needed]} to Harry (1924-1977) and Victoria (née Sarkisian) Hoplamazian (1924-2022).^[4][5]

His father was a landscape gardener and owner of Mayfield Gardens, Inc. in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.^[6] He has two brothers and two sisters, and is of Armenian descent. ^[7]

He was educated at the private Episcopal Academy^[8] in Newtown Square, and received his BA in economics from Harvard College, and his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.^[9]

Career

Between 1985 and 1987, Hoplamazian worked for First Boston Corporation in New York, as a financial analyst. Since 1987, he has been employed in the Pritzker Organization, where he last was executive president,^[10] where he worked under Jay Pritzker and primarily managed their family office. In 1988, he was a summer associate at Boston Consulting Group. He was a vice president of the Hyatt Global Corporation since 2004, and president since 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

On September 28, 1991, he married Rachel DeYoung Kohler (b. 1963), daughter of billionaire businessman Herbert Kohler Jr. (1939–2022).^[11] They have three children, Mara, Lena and Leo.^[12]

The family resides in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Chicago.^[13]