Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

Four Seasons Hotels Limited
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Company typePrivate
IndustryHospitality
Founded21 March 1961 (1961-03-21)
FounderIsadore Sharp
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario
,
Canada
Number of locations
129 properties in 44 countries
Key people
Isadore Sharp (Chairman)
Alejandro Reynal (CEO)
Revenue US$4.3 billion (2015)[1]
Owners
  • Cascade Investment (71.25%)
  • Kingdom Holding Company (23.75%)
Number of employees
45,000 (2018)[2]
Websitefourseasons.com

Four Seasons Hotels Limited, trading as Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, is a Canadian luxury hotel and resort company[3] headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[4] Four Seasons currently operates more than 100 hotels and resorts worldwide.[5] Since 2007, Bill Gates (through Cascade Investment) and Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal (through Kingdom Holding Company) have been majority owners of the company.[6] As of January 2022, Gates-controlled Cascade Investment owns 71.25% and Alwaleed-controlled Kingdom Holding Company owns 23.75% of Four Seasons.[7]

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  2. ^ "Four Seasons Named to FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For List for 21st Consecutive Year". Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Company Overview of Four Seasons Holdings Inc". investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  4. ^ Eric Beaudan (8 May 2012). Creative Execution: What Great Leaders Do to Unleash Bold Thinking and Innovation. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 152–. ISBN 978-1-118-35109-3.
  5. ^ David Segal, Pillow Fights at the Four Seasons, The New York Times, June 28, 2009, Accessed June 30, 2009.
  6. ^ "Four Seasons Hotels agrees to bid from Gates and Alwaleed – Business – International Herald Tribune". The New York Times. 12 February 2007. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' investment firm to own controlling stake in Four Seasons". Puget Sound Business Journal. 9 September 2022.
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