Mark Hoplamazian
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Mark Hoplamazian

Armenian-American businessman

Mark Samuel Hoplamazian (born November 27, 1963) is an Armenian American businessman, who has been the president and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation since December 2006. In 2026, he also became chairman.2

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Born Nov 27, 1963.1

About

Through marriage he is a member of the Kohler family.

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Companies

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

Trade performance

DateStockTradeValueReturn sinceVs S&P sinceVs S&P, 1 year
Dec 9, 2022VFCBuy$490.7K−39.7%−136.0%−52.8%

Returns are price-only (no dividends), measured from the trade date.

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Chicago3
  • Date not recordedBooth School of Business3
  • Date not recordedHarvard College3
  • Date not recordedHarvard University3
  • Date not recordedEpiscopal Academy3

Hoplamazian was born on November 27, 1963 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania to Harry (1924–1977) and Victoria (née Sarkisian) Hoplamazian (1924–2022).

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

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

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Career

Between 1985 and 1987, Hoplamazian worked for First Boston Corporation in New York City as a financial analyst. Since 1987, he has been employed in the Pritzker Organization, where he last was executive president, 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.

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Personal life

  • BornNov 27, 1963, Bryn Mawr6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7

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

The family resides in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Chicago.

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