Richard E. Marriott AKA Richard Edwin Marriott Born: 1939 Gender: Male Religion: Mormon Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States Executive summary: Billionaire, Chairman of Host Hotels Net worth $2.2B (Forbes 2007). Father: J. Willard Marriott (Marriott founder) Mother: Alice Sheets Brother: J. W. Marriott, Jr. Wife: (four daughters) University: BA, University of Utah (1963) University: MBA, Harvard Business School (1965) Administrator: National Advisory Council, Brigham Young University Administrator: Board of Directors, Gallaudet University Host Hotels & Resorts General Partner (2005-) Host Marriott General Partner (1993-2005) Host Marriott Vice Chairman (1986-93) Host Marriott EVP (1984-86) Host Marriott (1965-84) Member of the Board of Host Hotels & Resorts (2005-, as Chairman, 2005-) Member of the Board of Host Marriott (1979-2005, as Chairman, 1993-2005) Boys & Girls Clubs of America Southeast Region The Commonwealth PAC Federal City Council Board of Directors Friends for Harry Reid Friends of George Allen John McCain 2008 National Restaurant Association Board of Directors Restore Our Future Romney for President Romney Victory Inc. Steele for Maryland Richard Marriot has run Host Hotels & Resorts since 1993, the year he and older brother Bill spun the company off from family's Marriott International amid bondholder protests. Host operates 118 hotels and properties, and is the largest lodging REIT in the world. His dad opened his first hotel, the Twin Bridges Marriott Motor Hotel, in 1957.