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IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 80 11-25 PRESIDENT AND COO Las Vegas Sands 總裁兼首席營運官 拉斯維加斯金沙集團 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 1,102 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: ONES TO WATCH 未來焦點 Son-in-law of company founder Sheldon Adelson Has long been groomed to assume LVS leadership role • • • • 公司創始人蕭登·艾德森的女婿 長期以來一直被培養擔任LVS的領導角色 PATRICK DUMONT 15 IT CAME AS no surprise when Patrick Dumont was promoted to the role of President and Chief Operating Officer of global casino giant Las Vegas Sands following the death of founder Sheldon Adelson in January. Married to Sivan Ochshorn, the daughter of Adelson’s widow Miriam Adelson, Dumont has been part of the Sands team since 2010. Appointed SVP of Finance and Strategy in 2013 and Chief Financial Officer in 2016, he joined the board in 2017 and alongside Adelson and Rob Goldstein was part of the triumvirate that had led LVS forward in the years preceding Adelson’s passing. Now working hand-in-hand with Goldstein – the company’s new Chairman and CEO – Dumont has wasted no time in playing his cards aggressively. In March, LVS announced that it had reached an agreement to sell its Las Vegas assets, including The Venetian Resort Las Vegas and Sands Expo and Convention Center, for US$6.25 billion, turning its focus instead to new expansion opportunities, particularly in Asia. Although LVS hasn’t revealed its own cards just yet, Dumont told investors in April that those opportunities would include greater investment in the company’s current markets of Macau and Singapore, and could see it increase its stake in Sands China. Other long-term opportunities may include Thailand, should it follow through with proposals to legalize casino gaming, and Japan. LVS withdrew from Yokohama in 2020 citing regulatory impediments but has stated it would consider returning should such challenges be addressed. A former investment banker at Miller Buckfire and Bear Stearns, Dumont holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School. 在全球博彩業 巨擘拉斯維加斯金沙（LVS）集團的創始人蕭登·艾德森於今 年1月去世後，Patrick Dumont 隨即被提拔為該集團總裁兼首席營運官， 這並不令人意外。 Dumont與艾德森的遺孀、Miriam Adelson的女兒 Sivan Ochshorn 結婚，自2010年以來一直是金沙團隊的一員。其曾在2013年被任命為財 務和戰略高級副總裁，於2016被任命為首席財務官。他在2017年加入董事 會，與艾德森及Rob Goldstein一起成為艾德森去世前的幾年裡率領LVS前 進的三巨頭之一。 現在，Dumont與公司新任主席及行政總裁Goldstein攜手合作，大刀 闊斧共謀公司未來發展。3月，LVS宣佈達成一項三方協議，以62.5億美 元出售其位於拉斯維加斯大道上、包括The Venetian Resort Las Vegas 及Sands Expo and Convention Center在內所有資產，並有意將重點轉向 新的擴張機會，尤其是在亞洲。 儘管LVS尚未亮出底牌，但Dumont曾在4月向投資者表示，這些機會 將包括加大對公司目前的澳門及新加坡市場的投資，並可能增加其所持有 的金沙中國的股份。 其他長期機會可能包括泰國（若其實現博彩合法化）及日本。2020 年，LVS以監管障礙為由撤出橫濱IR競標，但表示若問題得到解決，其將 考慮回歸日本市場。 Dumont曾在Miller Buckfire和Bear Stearns擔任投資銀行家，擁有 約翰霍普金斯大學機械工程學士學位和哥倫比亞商學院的工商管理碩士學 位。