Vail Resorts, Inc. runs four ski resorts in Colorado (Vail Ski Resort, Beaver Creek Resort, Keystone Resort, and Breckenridge Ski Resort) as well as three in Lake Tahoe (Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Northstar at Tahoe, and Heavenly Mountain Resort) and a summer resort in Wyoming. They also own luxury resort hotels throughout the United States. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange, symbol MTN. The company is headquartered in Broomfield, ...
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Vail Resorts, Inc. runs four ski resorts in Colorado (Vail Ski Resort, Beaver Creek Resort, Keystone Resort, and Breckenridge Ski Resort) as well as three in Lake Tahoe (Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Northstar at Tahoe, and Heavenly Mountain Resort) and a summer resort in Wyoming. They also own luxury resort hotels throughout the United States. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange, symbol MTN. The company is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
Originally founded as Vail Associates by Pete Seibert (former WWII 10th Mountain Division ski trooper) in 1962, Vail Associates changed its name to Vail Resorts in 1996 when it went public after Gillette Holdings (owned by George Gillette) went bankrupt. Apollo Management, headed by Leon Black, bought the company out of bankruptcy and took Vail Resorts public, controlling Vail Resorts through its growth until around 2003, when Apollo divested themselves of the controlling interest. Former Apollo executive, Rob Katz, currently runs...
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