Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> June 21, 1999
ROGER SONNABEND is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sonesta
International Hotels Corporation. After earning his undergraduate degree
from MIT in 1946, he joined the family hotel business. He became the
General Manager of the Nautilus Hotel & Beach Club in Atlantic Beach,
Long Island. He earned his M.B.A. degree from the Harvard Business
School in 1949, then served as manager of several Sonnabend-owned
hotels, including the Whitehall Hotel, Palm Beach, FL; the Somerset
Hotel, Boston, MA; and the Samoset Resort, Rockland, ME. Mr. Sonnabend
has demonstrated a strong commitment to the betterment of the community.
He has been active with Boston-area arts organizations such as the
Institute of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Fine Arts; educational
institutions, such as Harvard University and MIT; and government
service, including the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Job Corps,
and the Presidential Task Force on Urban Unemployment Opportunities. Mr.
Sonnabend served in the Naval Reserves from 1943-1946. He is married
with four children. Profile
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