Our leadership team brings unparalleled expertise, innovation, and passion to our mission to improve the planet one hotel at a time.

Barry S. Sternlicht
Barry S. Sternlicht is Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group and Chairman of Starwood Hotels. For the past twenty-four years, he has structured investment transactions with an asset value of more than $65 billion. From 1995 through early 2005, Sternlicht was Chairman and CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a company he founded in 1995. Starwood Hotels employed over 120,000...Read More

Raul Leal
Raul Leal is the Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Hotels, a brand management company and an affiliate of global private investment firm Starwood Capital Group. Starwood Hotels operates 1 Hotels, Baccarat Hotels, and Treehouse Hotels, with 14 properties under management and 16 in development. As Starwood Hotels expands its global presence, Leal continues to focus first on people and the...Read More
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