Irwin Chafetz Elected to Las Vegas Sands Board
Las Vegas Sands Corp. today
announced the election of Mr. Irwin Chafetz to its Board of Directors. Mr. Chafetz is a past president and a director of Interface
Group—Massachusetts, Inc., a company that owns and operates GWV
International, New England’s largest charter tour operator. Mr. Chafetz is
also a past vice president and director of Interface Group—Nevada, which
owned and operated the Sands Hotel and Casino, Sands Expo and Convention
Center and Comdex, which at its peak was the world’s largest trade show
with a presence in more than 20 countries.
“Irwin Chafetz will make an outstanding addition to the Las Vegas Sands
Corp. Board of Directors,” said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Sheldon G. Adelson. “In addition to a long and successful career in the
travel, hospitality and trade show business, Mr. Chafetz is very familiar
with the company’s business model and our operating philosophy.”
Mr. Chafetz has served on the Boards of many charitable and civic
organizations and is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at Boston
University School of Management and the Board of Trustees at Suffolk
University. Mr. Chafetz graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Boston
University.
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