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President and Chief Operating Officer of Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, President of Design and Development and MGM Resorts' Chief Marketing Officer. Under his leadership in that capacity, MGM Resorts created and launched its customer loyalty program, M Life Rewards. The program was later enhanced and became MGM Rewards to allow both gaming and non-gaming guests to earn credits towards rewards, including dining, entertainment, travel and hotel stays.
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removing barriers to access. In 2004, Hornbuckle and his wife created an endowed scholarship fund to provide financial support to Nevada-based students pursuing hospitality degrees at UNLV. In 2016, they established the
William Hornbuckle Family Endowment Scholarship Fund at The Webb Schools in Claremont, California, where he currently serves as a Board Trustee.
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Hornbuckle is leading MGM's expansion into Japan. The company was selected as the Osaka region's integrated resort partner for a $ 10 billion development that will be one of Japan's first integrated resorts. He is also leading MGM's expansion into iGaming and sports betting. BetMGM, the company's
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Laughlin Chamber of Commerce. In 1991, he chaired the Nevada Hotel/Motel Association. In February 1997, he was named a member of the Nevada Governor's Council on Tourism. He was a member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairperson of the Executive
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Catholic school, where, unbeknownst to him, he was provided free tuition out of the school's generosity. This drives his interest in supporting education. He serves on the board of the Fulfillment Fund, which supports first-generation college students in
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Stadium Authority Board, which developed the Las Vegas NFL Stadium Project as part of a successful effort to attract an NFL team, the Raiders, to Las Vegas. He also played a key role in bringing the WNBA team, the Aces, to Las Vegas in 2017. He served as President of
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Hornbuckle joined the MGM Resorts
International team in 1998 as Executive Vice President of Operations at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, and half a year later he became President and Chief Operating Officer at the same property. He held that role until 2001. Throughout his two decades with MGM, he has
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Hornbuckle was appointed as Acting CEO in March 2020, immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic began. He immediately faced numerous challenges and led the company through the closure of operations, restricted re-openings and implementation of new health and safety measures. He was named CEO and
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In 2012, Hornbuckle was appointed
President of MGM Resorts International, and in 2019 he became Chief Operating Officer and President of MGM Resorts International. In these roles he led the development of MGM Resorts in National Harbor, Springfield, Macau, and the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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Hornbuckle went on to work at a variety of Las Vegas resorts before joining MGM. For many years he worked at the Golden Nugget. He was also on the opening team of The Mirage, which at the time was one of the world's largest hotels and Las Vegas' first integrated resort. As
President and CEO,
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Connecticut. After learning about the "hotel school" at UNLV, he drove across the country in a van with his friends to pursue a hospitality career. He started his career in Las Vegas as a room service
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travel and tourism industry in the United States. He received the Hospitality College's 2019 Industry Leader of the Year Award and was named among Global Gaming Business Magazine's 25 People to Watch List in 2021.
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online gaming platform, is currently active in many jurisdictions where the activity is legal, and Hornbuckle is leading the company to invest in the continued growth of BetMGM and other global digital markets.
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