Mr. Arne M. Sorenson

Arne Sorenson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Marriott International, Inc.  Following Marriott’s September 2016 acquisition of Starwood Hotels and Resorts, the company now includes more than 6,500 properties across 30 leading hotel brands spanning 127 countries and territories. In fiscal year 2016, Marriott reported revenues of more than $17 billion. Arne Sorenson joined Marriott in 1996. He became the third CEO in the company’s history in 2012 – and the first without the Marriott surname. Prior to that, he served as Marriott’s President and Chief Operating Officer. He has held a number of positions, including Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and President of Continental European Lodging. He was elected to Marriott’s Board of Directors in 2011. 
 
Additionally, Arne Sorenson served as Vice Chair of the President’s Export Council. He is the immediate past Board Chair for Brand USA and continues as a member of the board. He was most recently named to the Microsoft Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of the Economic Club of Washington, DC, serving as Chair of the Global Initiative. Other affiliations include: Chair, U.S. Travel Association CEO Roundtable; member of the Luther College Board of Regents; Stewardship Board of the World Economic Forum System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Mobility; member of the Business CEO Roundtable, member of The Business Council, Board of the Warrior Scholar Project, and Board of Trustees for The Brookings Institution.  Mr. Sorenson’s Influencer blog, which appears on LinkedIn, has more than 530,000 followers. 
 
He co-founded Marriott’s Global Sustainability Council in 2007. The following year, he launched Marriott’s rainforest preservation partnership with the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation in Brazil.  He chairs Marriott’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Council. The Council, along with the Marriott Board of Directors’ Committee for Excellence, monitors and evaluates Marriott’s strategy to promote a diverse workforce as well as ownership, customer, and vendor communities around the world.