JONATHAN M. TISCH

 

Jonathan M. Tisch is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Loews Hotels and a member of the Office of the President and Co-Chairman of the Board of Loews Corporation, the hotel chain's parent company. Loews Corporation is one of the largest diversified financial holding companies in the U.S.

During his tenure at the helm of Loews Hotels since 1989, Tisch has engineered the company's expansion and emergence as a leading luxury hotel chain by infusing the properties with a widely praised corporate culture that places a high value on partnerships. His leadership philosophy, explored in his best-selling book, The Power of We: Succeeding Through Partnerships, provides a blueprint for achieving enduring success through partnerships that empower employees, satisfy customers, contribute to communities, and improve the bottom line.

To get a better perspective on the essential connection between upper management and entry-level employees, Tisch starred in the premier episode of Now Who's Boss?, a television series by TLC and New York Times Television, that explored what happens when a CEO is put back in frontline positions at his own company. Tisch also hosts the television series, Open Exchange: Beyond the Boardroom, where he goes one-on-one with the nation's leading CEOs. The program reveals the person behind the successful executive and shows that business is about more than just numbers, but about guts and insight and, in the end, about people.

Recognized as a national leader of the multi-billion dollar travel and tourism industry, Tisch has served since 1995 as Chairman of the Travel Business Roundtable, a prominent coalition of chief executives representing various sectors of the travel and tourism industry, and in 2003, he was appointed to the United States Department of Commerce U.S. Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board. Tisch also served a five-year term as an officer of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, culminating in his Chairmanship of the organization in 1997.

In his role as a national leader of travel and tourism, Tisch frequently can be seen in the media touting the industry's importance to the economy as a vehicle for economic development and job creation. He has received numerous honors and accolades for his leadership, including "Hotel Person of the Year" by Travel Agent magazine, one of the "Business Travel Industry's Most Influential Executives" by Business Travel News, and one of the "25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry" by Meeting News magazine.

Tisch is also committed to a vibrant tourism industry in New York City, where he serves as Chairman of NYC & Company, the city's official tourism agency and local convention and visitors bureau. Concurrent with his national efforts to help stimulate travel and tourism in the aftermath of September 11th, Tisch was asked to serve as Chairman of "New York Rising," a task force set up to help rebuild the city by reviving tourism. In recognition for his leadership and civic involvement, Crain's New York Business named Tisch one of the "Top Ten Most Influential Business Leaders."

Believing you can do well and do good at the same time, Tisch is a champion of corporate responsibility and his community and philanthropic activities are extensive. He served as the Vice-Chairman of The Welfare to Work Partnership, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Tufts University, where he is also a University College Senior Fellow, as well as on the Boards of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the Tribeca Film Institute and the Business Council for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition, he is on the Board and is the Treasurer of the New York Football Giants.

After graduating from Tufts University in 1976, Tisch worked as a Cinematographer/Producer at WBZ-TV in Boston, for which he received two local Emmy nominations. He served a ten-year term on the Tufts Board of Trustees and was elected to a second term in 1999. He currently serves on the Committee for University Advancement and the Board of Overseers for the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.

Last updated: December 7, 2007