internal
William J. Hornbuckle
Chief Executive Officer and President
Executive
6 yr
7 reports
MGM Resorts International ·MGM
Commercial, digital, and China presidents report directly to CEO
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure · Fortune #240 · Hybrid structure · 69K employees · Las Vegas, Nevada
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8
CEO span
near peer avg (7)
2.5
Avg span
tight
2
Max depth
2 levels
4.6 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
63%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$17.5B
Operating income
$1.0B
Net income
$206M
Total assets
$41.4B
Shares out
256M
Sourced from MGM Resorts International DEF 14A · filed 2026-03-27 ↗ View on SEC
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Commercial, digital, and China business leaders report directly to MGM’s CEO, creating a wide enterprise span. This page maps MGM Resorts International’s hybrid org structure, executive team, segment leadership, recent leadership changes, and peer comparisons.
What to model
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Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal Gary Fritz joined as Chief Commercial Officer and President, MGM Digital
Joined and began new employment agreement effective October 1, 2025.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI Officer Create a new Chief AI Officer role reporting to the CEO to coordinate data, personalization, and gaming analytics across resorts and digital.
- COO Role Fully Sunset Eliminate the COO role entirely and have regional and Strip operations report directly to the CEO.
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The people
Who's running this
8 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Corey Sanders
Chief Operating Officer
Operations
5 yr
0 reports
internal
Jonathan S. Halkyard
Chief Financial Officer
Finance
6 yr
0 reports
Gary Fritz
Chief Commercial Officer and President, MGM Digital
Commercial & Digital
1 yr
0 reports
John McManus
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary
Legal
4 yr
0 reports
Jyoti Chopra
Chief Human Resources Officer
Human Resources
4 yr
0 reports
internal
Kenneth Feng
President and Executive Director, MGM China
MGM China
6 yr
0 reports
Adam Greenblatt
Chief Executive Officer, BetMGM
Digital Ventures
5 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 5 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
William J. Hornbuckle $25.3M
- Base salary
- $2.00M
- Bonus
- $8.00M
- Stock awards
- $10.05M
- Non-equity incentive
- $5.00M
- Other
- $276K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Jonathan S. Halkyard $6.0M
- Base salary
- $1.13M
- Stock awards
- $3.14M
- Non-equity incentive
- $1.71M
- Other
- $22K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Corey Sanders $7.2M
- Base salary
- $1.25M
- Stock awards
- $3.77M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.19M
- Other
- $18K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Gary Fritz $9.1M
- Base salary
- $1.30M
- Stock awards
- $5.64M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.17M
- Other
- $10K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
John McManus $4.3M
- Base salary
- $900K
- Stock awards
- $2.26M
- Non-equity incentive
- $1.12M
- Other
- $25K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How MGM Resorts International divides the work
4 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Las Vegas Strip Resorts
35K employees
Chief Operating Officer (Corey Sanders)
Operates MGM’s flagship Las Vegas Strip casino resorts and non-gaming amenities.
Regional Operations
18K employees
Chief Operating Officer (Corey Sanders)
Manages regional U.S. casino properties outside Las Vegas.
MGM China
12K employees
President, MGM China (Kenneth Feng)
Owns and operates MGM Macau and MGM Cotai resorts in Macau.
MGM Digital
3K employees
Chief Commercial Officer (Gary Fritz)
Global online gaming and sports betting operations including LeoVegas and BetMGM.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Commercial, digital, and international business presidents all report directly to the CEO, creating an unusually broad enterprise span for a hospitality company.
MGM’s structure places the Chief Commercial Officer, the CEO of BetMGM, and the President of MGM China as peer direct reports alongside the CFO and COO. This reflects MGM’s strategic emphasis on growth engines—digital gaming and Asia—rather than organizing strictly around property operations.
The chart also shows a hybrid enterprise model: core corporate functions (finance, legal, HR) sit centrally, while major P&L units such as MGM China and digital gaming have CEO-level leadership reporting to William Hornbuckle. This reduces layers between the group CEO and business-unit heads, but increases CEO span and coordination complexity. The COO role focuses on integrated resort execution rather than acting as a gatekeeper for all operating units.
Compared with peers, MGM’s CEO has a wider span and more business presidents reporting directly, signaling deliberate centralization of strategic control over capital allocation and brand while allowing operational autonomy within large segments.
- Direct CEO oversight of digital and China businesses
- Hybrid enterprise structure with asset-light strategy
The comparison
How MGM Resorts International stacks up
Relative to Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts, MGM operates with a broader enterprise span at the CEO level. Sands typically places regional presidents under a COO-like structure, while Wynn maintains a tighter operational hierarchy. MGM’s inclusion of both a Chief Commercial Officer and separate digital and China CEOs …
C-suite size
MGM Resorts International
8
Wynn Resorts
6
Flutter Entertainment
9
Melco Resorts
7
Reporting depth
MGM Resorts International
2 levels
4 levels
Wynn Resorts
4 levels
5 levels
Flutter Entertainment
5 levels
Melco Resorts
4 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
MGM Resorts International
5 yr
6 yr
Wynn Resorts
5 yr
Flutter Entertainment
4 yr
Melco Resorts
6 yr
Has COO / Has CAIO
MGM Resorts International ✓ COO — no CAIO
Wynn Resorts ✓ COO — no CAIO
Flutter Entertainment — no COO — no CAIO
Melco Resorts ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most significant recent change was the elevation of digital and commercial leadership with Gary Fritz joining as Chief Commercial Officer in late 2025.
- newGary Fritz Chief Commercial Officer and President, MGM Digital
Joined and began new employment agreement effective October 1, 2025.
Source - newJonathan S. Halkyard Chief Financial Officer
Entered new long-term employment agreement effective October 1, 2025.
Source - Date not confirmed reorgCorey Sanders Chief Operating Officer
COO term ended Dec 31, 2025 with transition to Senior Advisor role through 2026.
Source
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-03-27
- CEO
- William J. Hornbuckle
- CEO span
- 7
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 4.8 yr
Digital and China businesses remained CEO-level priorities.
Named executive officers (5)
- William J. Hornbuckle - CEO since 2020
- Jonathan S. Halkyard - CFO since 2019
- Corey Sanders - COO since 2020
- Gary Fritz - CCO since 2025
- John McManus - Chief Legal Officer since 2022
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-03-28
- CEO
- William J. Hornbuckle
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 4
- Avg tenure
- 5.1 yr
Commercial and digital leadership not yet consolidated under a single CCO.
Named executive officers (4)
- William J. Hornbuckle - CEO since 2020
- Jonathan S. Halkyard - CFO since 2019
- Corey Sanders - COO since 2020
- John McManus - Chief Legal Officer since 2022
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-03-29
- CEO
- William J. Hornbuckle
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 4
- Avg tenure
- 4.6 yr
Enterprise structure centered on core resort operations.
Named executive officers (4)
- William J. Hornbuckle - CEO since 2020
- Jonathan S. Halkyard - CFO since 2019
- Corey Sanders - COO since 2020
- John McManus - Chief Legal Officer since 2022
Year-over-year changes
Leadership continuity with modest tenure increases.
- CEO span: 6 → 6
- C-suite size: 4 → 4
- Avg tenure: 4.6 → 5.1 yr
Addition of a Chief Commercial Officer expanded the CEO’s span and elevated digital strategy.
- CEO span: 6 → 7
- C-suite size: 4 → 5
- Avg tenure: 5.1 → 4.8 yr
- new Gary Fritz - Chief Commercial Officer (DEF 14A, 2026-03-27)
The board
Board of directors
8 directors. 7 of 8 independent (88%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Paul Salem
Chair Independent
Chairman, Providence Equity
William J. Hornbuckle
Inside
CEO, MGM Resorts International
Barry Diller
Independent
Chairman, IAC
Donna Langley
Independent
Chairman, NBCUniversal Entertainment
Keith A. Meister
Independent
Founder, Corvex Management
Jan G. Swartz
Independent
Former Group President, Princess Cruises
Daniel J. Taylor
Independent
Former CEO, TransMontaigne
Ben Winston
Independent
Television Producer
The board, organized
Board committees
3 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.
Audit Committee
100% independent
- Daniel J. Taylor Chair
- Keith A. Meister
- Jan G. Swartz
Human Capital and Compensation Committee
100% independent
- Keith A. Meister Chair
- Donna Langley
- Jan G. Swartz
Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee
100% independent
- Jan G. Swartz Chair
- Ben Winston
- Barry Diller
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of MGM Resorts International?
William J. Hornbuckle has served as CEO and President since 2020.
What type of organizational structure does MGM Resorts International use?
MGM uses a hybrid enterprise structure combining centralized functions with powerful business-unit presidents.
How many direct reports does MGM Resorts International's CEO have?
The CEO has eight direct reports, including finance, operations, commercial, digital, HR, legal, and international leaders.
How has MGM Resorts International's leadership changed recently?
In late 2025, MGM added a new Chief Commercial Officer and refreshed long-term contracts for its CFO and legal chief.
Who reports directly to MGM Resorts International's CEO?
Direct reports include the CFO, COO, Chief Commercial Officer, CHRO, Chief Legal Officer, and the presidents of MGM China and BetMGM.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Sep 2025
- DEF 14A, Mar 2026
- SEC EDGAR: MGM Resorts International DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: MGM Resorts International 10-K Annual Report
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