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IAG NOV 2019年11月 亞博匯 79 2019 亞博匯50強 NICHOLAS NIGLIO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO Rich Goldman Holdings 執行董事兼行政總裁 金粵控股有限公司 CLAIMS TO FAME • Oversaw company’s growth to become one of Macau’s “big three” junkets • The only non-Chinese member of the board 名成事跡 • 在其管治下，公司發展成澳門三大博彩中介人之一 • 公司董事會唯一非華人成員 22 JUNKETS come and junkets go, but for all the intense rationalization of the industry over the past five years, Rich Goldman Holdings Executive Director and CEO Nicholas Niglio continues to stand firm as the most prominent Westerner in the VIP biz. Celebrating 12 years as CEO of Rich Goldman – formerly known as Neptune Group – in 2019, Niglio’s long career has seen him fill an incredibly diverse selection of roles including almost a decade under the watch of US President and former US gaming tycoon Donald Trump. Starting in 1993, he served as Executive Vice President of Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort Inc, Senior Vice President of Casino Marketing of Taj Associates of Trump Atlantic City Associates and Senior Executive in Casino Marketing and International Operation at Atlantic City NJ (Trump). Clearly the unexpected has never fazed him. Rich Goldman Holdings is one of the select junket operators to have survived the downturn that crippled many of its smaller rivals, with VIP well and truly rebounding in recent years. And while the company has lost two of its three listed Macau junket operations over the past 18 months after Venetian Macau Limited terminated agreements with Hao Cai and Hou Wan, the company continues to plow ahead. Rich Goldman saw gaming revenue from its listed business fall 18.9% in FY19 to HK$74.1 million – all now coming from Neptune GD VIP Club at Grand Lisboa – however group-wide revenue actually increased 9.2% due to the company’s recent diversification into two new business segments, namely money lending and hotel operations. 博彩 中介人來來往往，但在過去五年，在整個行業經歷高度重整下，金粵控股執 行董事兼行政總裁Nicholas Niglio以西方管理層的身份，繼續在貴賓廳行業保 持舉足輕重的地位。 踏入2019年，Niglio已出任金粵控股行政總裁之位達12年，該企前身為海 王集團。在漫長的職業生涯中，他出任各式其式的工作崗位，包括曾為美國總 統、前博彩大亨特朗普工作近十年。自1993年起，他曾分別在Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort Inc中出任執行副總裁，在 Trump Atlantic City Associates的 Taj Associates 中擔任賭場營銷高級副總裁，以及在Atlantic City NJ (Trump) 中擔當賭場營銷和國際營運高級主管。 顯然而見，意想不到的事從未令Niglio感到困惑。 在行業下行期中，金粵控股是少數能夠經營下來的博彩中介人，其他規模 較小的中介早已結業，而貴賓廳業務近年才真正的觸底反彈。 雖然在過去18個月，威尼斯人（澳門）股份有限公司中止了與Hao Cai及 Hou Wan的中介宣傳協議，有關協議佔金粵控股在澳門經營的中介業務的三分 之二，但集團業務持續發展。 於2019年財政年度，金粵控股的博彩業務收入按年下跌18.9%至港幣 7,410萬元，其博彩收入全部來自新葡京的Neptune GD貴賓俱樂部。然而，集團 整體收入按年上升9.2%，全因其近來積極落實業務多元化，涉足兩項新領域，即 貸款及酒店營運。 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 1,189 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : 22