25 People to Watch for 2019

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GGB Magazine's 17th annual People to Watch profiles the rising stars in the casino industry.

OK, first a confession. When I was first getting into journalism, I had an internship at Atlantic City magazine, a great little publication that covered the community in a way those “city” magazines did back then. I was a late bloomer well into my 30s when I worked for them. But every January they had a feature called 25 People to Watch, and it was the most popular feature of the year for the magazine. Of course with no internet or social media, we could only gauge that by questions about how you get named one of the 25, followed by complaints after publication that they were left off.

Fast forward to 2002 when we launched GGB. Since Atlantic City magazine had folded by then, I don’t think I was stealing any intellectual property. So in our first January issue, we did our initial list of 25 People to Watch. Cover boy George Maloof, who along with his family owned the brand new Palms casino in Vegas, was joined by such luminaries as Congresswoman Shelley Berkeley, Penn National leader Peter Carlino, California tribal gaming legend Anthony Miranda, Australian gaming magnate Jamie Packer, Wynn Resorts VP Linda Chen and many others. It was a great list, but a list that has only grown more impressive as the years go on. (To see the full list, go here.)

In this, the 17th edition of 25 People to Watch, the list is no less impressive. From casino presidents to consultants to regulators to online gaming execs, the list is varied and diverse—so diverse, in fact, that we have a record number of women (nine) on the list this year.

So sit back and read about people who may be influencing the way you do business in 2019 and into the future.

 

GGB’s 25 People to Watch for 2019
(List in alphabetical order. Click name below to see profile)