At CFO (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 CFO’ operating in the Leisure space. If you think a CFO’ 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.
Kevin Jacobs
CFO of Hilton Worldwide
Kevin Jacobs Is The Chief Financial Officer & President, Global Development At Hilton.
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About Hilton Worldwide: Hilton Worldwide is a hospitality company, owns luxury and full-service hotels and resorts, and focused-service hotels.
Randy Hyzak
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Las Vegas Sands
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About Las Vegas Sands: Las Vagas Sand Crop is a developer of mobile applications. They have been developing applications regarding Travel for providing

Peer Bueller
Chief Financial Officer of KAYAK
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About KAYAK, OpenTable: KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.

Michael McIntyre
Chief Financial Officer of Tourico Holidays
Michael McIntyre, our Chief Financial Officer as of 2014, joined Travel Holdings in 2009. Prior to joining Travel Holdings, Mr. McIntyre was Chief Financial Officer of Kuykendall Gardner Risk & Insurance and worked in public accounting at KPMG in the financial services industry. Mr. McIntyre is a graduate of Wake Forest University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in information systems and master’s degree in accounting. He is a certified public accountant.
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About Tourico Holidays: Tourico Holidays is a travel distribution company that contracts directly with travel providers, such as hotels, flights, cruise lines.
Joe Sticco
Co-founder & CFO of Pommtree
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About Pommtree: Instagram inspired travel packages to top destinations and events around the world.

Todd Esposito
Chief Financial Officer, US President of Lime&Tonic
Todd has 20+ years of financial services experiences in both large and start up organizations. He has primarily held Chief Financial Officer roles in various retail and financial service organizations around the world.
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About Lime&Tonic: L&T is the mobile go-to dining resource for making occasions remarkable. A marketplace linking mass affluent customers and merchants.
Rob Ellis
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Levy Restaurants
Rob Ellis serves as Levy’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, overseeing accounting and finance, risk management, and information technology across Levy’s operations. Rob joined Levy as a Controller in the restaurant group in 1998, and in 2007 he became the Vice President of Strategy and Planning, overseeing Levy’s acquisitions, new business deals, budgeting and strategic planning. In 2015 he was promoted to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Levy, Rob began his career with U.S. Robotics, and earned a B.A. from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. When Rob isn’t coaching Levy team members, he can be found on the sidelines coaching his two children in all sports.
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About Levy Restaurants: Levy Restaurants is a hospitality company that runs restaurants and vending machines in entertainment and sporting venues.

Ken Valuska
Chief Financial Officer of Roadtrippers
Ken is the CFO at Roadtrippers Inc. He previously worked at Ernst & Young, LLP. Ken graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 2010.
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About Roadtrippers: Helping travelers drive to the worlds most interesting places
Glen Ceremony
CFO of Travelzoo
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About Travelzoo: Travelzoo, a global Internet media company, publishes the best travel and leisure deals to more than 27 million subscribers worldwide.
Michael D. James
SVP,Treasurer & CFO of Gordmans Stores
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About Gordmans Stores: Gordmans Stores is an online retailer that markets clothing, shoes, fashion accessories, toys, and gifts.
Tim Hinkhouse
Executive VP and CFO of iCelebrate.com
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About iCelebrate.com: iCelebrate is an online platform that offers a comprehensive portfolio of holiday and seasonal merchandise.