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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Casino space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Stephen A. Murphy
Co-Founder & CEO of Boom Entertainment
Stephen A. Murphy is the Co-Founder and CEO at Boom Fantasy. He operates the popular NBC Sports Predictor gaming platform and the award-winning Boom Fantasy real-money platform. Mr. Murphy was the Vice President, Business Development at High 5 Games and Managing Editor of Card Player Media. Stephen graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a bachelor of arts in Political Science.
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About Boom Entertainment: Boom Entertainment is building the future of online gaming technology. We power casinos, sportsbooks, media companies, sports leagues & more
Eric Hausler
Chief Executive Officer of Isle of Capri Casinos
From Wall Street to Atlantic City and now at the helm of one of the top publicly-traded casino gaming companies in the United States, Eric Hausler remains committed to making the next right decision. Named chief executive officer in 2016, Eric brings nearly 20 years of gaming expertise and business acumen to the role. Eric joined Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. in 2009 as senior vice president strategic initiatives with responsibility for pursuing new acquisition and management opportunities. He was promoted to chief strategic officer in 2011. In 2014, he was named chief financial officer overseeing finance and accounting, strategic initiatives, information technology, purchasing, payroll, insurance and risk management. Prior to joining Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Eric led development initiatives at Trump Entertainment Resorts where he identified and evaluated possible acquisitions, new developments, asset divestitures, and joint ventures from 2006 until 2009. A graduate of both Binghamton University with a bachelor’s degree and New Jersey Institute of Technology with a master’s degree, Eric is a devoted family man who enjoys spending time with his family.
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About Isle of Capri Casinos: Isle of Capri Casinos is a gaming company headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri.
Robert Melendres
Founder and CEO of iPro
Robert brings to iPro an extensive background in gaming and technology with a history of driving both company and industry wide evolutionary and disruptive change. Considered a prominent executive and legal thought leader in the gaming industry, Robert was ranked third among EGR’s Power 25 executives in social gaming. He was also voted by his legal peers to be general counsel for the International Association of Gaming Advisors, the world’s premier legal gaming association. Most recently, Robert served as the chief legal officer and EVP interactive at IGT, a multi-billion dollar S&P 500 gaming company. In this role, he developed the strategy and led the effort to bring IGT’s rich content to the social casino market through the $500M acquisition and successful integration of Double Down. Under his leadership, Double Down added hundreds of millions of dollars of incremental revenue to IGT, and became the standard that IGT competitors have tried to emulate. Prior to IGT, Robert was chief legal officer and EVP corporate development at Spansion, Inc., a multi-billion dollar semiconductor company. In this role, he led the negotiations to spinout this business from AMD and Fujitsu, which resulted in the largest high tech IPO in 2005 – $1 billion raised. He had other notable accomplishments as an executive at IBM, AMD and Webgain, Inc. Robert holds a J.D. From Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Economics from UCLA.
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About iPro: iPro, Inc. is a mobile and online gaming technology and platform company.
Timothy Wilmott
President & Chief Executive Officer of Penn National Gaming
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About Hollywood Casino Gulf Coast, Penn National Gaming: Penn National Gaming, Inc. (Penn National) is a diversified owner and manager of gaming.
Travis Janovich
CEO and Founder of Etix
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About Etix: Etix is an international web-based ticketing service provider for the entertainment, travel and sports industries.
Wyly Wade
CEO & President of Biometrica
Wyly began writing code somewhat early. By the age of 10, he had published his first video game for his friends, and by his early teens, he was building and securing systems for parents of friends and local small businesses in the Texas Hill Country. A few years on, barely out of his teens, he took out a bug that was hampering what later became the Release of Lotus Notes 4. It was a feat that impressed Lotus executives enough to get them to later pay for Wyly’s education at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
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About Biometrica: The leading authority on Security and Surveillance software
Michael Rubinelli
CEO of Coin-In
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About Coin-In: Coin-In connects players to their favorite real-world casinos 24/7, anytime and anywhere.
Jason Kaehler
Chief Executive Officer of Asylum Labs
Game executive with 25 years industry experience responsible for PD, BD and P&L for small developers. Currently growing Asylum Labs www.asylumlabsinc.com to focus on mobile Social Casino and iGaming markets. Previous employers include Disney, EA, Sony, Midway, Electronic Arts… Specialties: Leadership, OD, Agile (CSM/CSPO), Art Direction, motion capture, team building, tools design, UI/UX, pipeline development, process efficiency analysis, scheduling, risk assessment, business development, prototyping and global outsourcing. Recently investing in data visualization and BI/analytics for Live Ops teams.
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About Asylum Labs: Asylum Labs was created to focus on the mobile social casino market.
