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Frank Joseph Fertitta Jr. (October 30, 1938 – August 21, 2009) [1] was an American entrepreneur. He was the founder of Station Casinos , a gaming company based in Summerlin South , Nevada . The company started out as a locals casino operator on July 1, 1976, opening the Bingo Palace, which was later renamed Palace Station .
Station Casinos, LLC is an American hotel and casino company based in Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin South, Nevada, and founded by Frank Fertitta Jr. [4] [5] Station Casinos, along with Affinity Gaming, Boyd Gaming and Golden Entertainment, dominate the locals casino market in Las Vegas. The company purchased several sites that were gaming ...
Frank Joseph Fertitta III (February 24, 1962) is an American businessman. He is the CEO of Station Casinos . He is also a founder of Zuffa LLC, formerly the parent entity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Throughout their time in high school and college, Lorenzo and Frank III worked for their father, Frank Fertitta Jr., at Station Casinos. After Fertitta Jr. retired in 1993, Lorenzo and Frank III led Station Casinos to its first IPO that same year, raising $294 million and becoming principal shareholders and co-founders of Station Casinos Inc. in the process. [11]
[12] [13] Frank Fertitta Jr. bought a 10-percent interest in July 1977. [14] [15] He became vice president and director of the Bingo Palace later that year. [16] In 1979, Thomas was under investigation for allegedly aiding mobsters in a skimming operation. Fertitta bought out his partners, including Thomas and two others, later that year. [17 ...
Station Casinos' founder and former owner, Frank Fertitta Jr., owned the hotel-casino during construction. He sold it to his former company for $95 million in June 1995, prior to the resort's opening. [2] [7] Shareholders in Station Casinos had objected to Fertitta branching out into the gaming industry on his own, prompting the company's purchase.
Frank Fertitta III (USC 1981): CEO of Station Casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada; owns Ultimate Fighting Championship; Gerald J. Ford (Southern Methodist 1966): CEO of Golden State Bancorp; Richard S. Fuld Jr. (Colorado 1969) CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings; Richard C. Green (Southern Methodist 1976: CEO of Aquila Corporation
Frank Fertitta may refer to: Frank Fertitta Jr. (1938–2009), American entrepreneur; Frank Fertitta III (born 1962), American entrepreneur This page was last edited ...