Transformative Acquisitions: MGM Growth Properties & The Venetian Resort
PROVEN AND INDEPENDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM
EXPERTISE IN REAL ESTATE, GAMING & HOSPITALITY
EDWARD PITONIAK
Chief Executive Officer
JOHN PAYNE
President and Chief Operating Officer
Former Vice Chairman, Realterm, private-equity leader in institutionalizing industrial real
estate sub-asset classes
Former Independent Director of Ritchie Brothers (NYSE: RBA)
⚫ In 2014 became Managing Director, Acting CEO & Trustee of InnVest, Canada's largest hotel
REIT. Became Chairman in 2015. REIT sold to Chinese buyer in 2016, producing 146%
cumulative total return during period of leadership
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CEO of CHIP REIT, Canadian hotel REIT with average annual total return of 25% for 4 years.
Sold to Canadian pension fund in late 2007, doubling value of the REIT over 4 years
SVP, Intrawest Resort Operations, then the world's largest ski resort operator/developer
Received a BA from Amherst College
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Previously served as CEO of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc.
Held multiple roles with Caesars during the course of his career including President of Central
Markets and Partnership Development, President of Enterprise Shared Services, President of
Central Division, and Atlantic City President
Previously served as Gulf Coast Regional President of Caesars and Senior Vice President
and General Manager of Harrah's New Orleans
Received an MBA from Northwestern University and a BA from Duke University
DAVID KIESKE
EVP, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Previously served as Managing Director of Real Estate & Lodging Investment Banking Group at
Wells Fargo Securities / Eastdil Secured with a focus on hospitality and leisure
Worked in Real Estate & Lodging Investment Banking at Citigroup and Bank of America
Served as Assistant Vice President & Corporate Controller at TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, a
triple net single tenant office REIT listed on the NYSE
Previously was a Senior Accountant at Deloitte & Touche as well as Novogradac & Co.
Received an MBA from University of California Los Angeles and a BS from UC Davis
VICI Team
Experience
VICI
REALTERM
-LOGISTICS
rb RITCHIE BROS.
Auctioneers
CHIP REIT
InnVest
WELLS
Canadian income Properties
FARGO
INTRAWEST
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SAMANTHA GALLAGHER
EVP, General Counsel & Secretary
Previously served as EVP, General Counsel and Secretary at First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE:
FPO), a REIT specializing in office and business park properties in the Washington, D.C. region
Oversaw the negotiation and documentation pertaining to First Potomac Realty Trust's merger
with Government Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ: GOV)
Previously served as a Partner at Arnold & Porter LLP, Bass, Berry & Sims plc and Hogan Lovells
US LLP with a focus on representing REITs and financial institutions in capital markets
transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic investments
Received a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and an AB from Princeton University
Deloitte.
FIRST
POTOMAC
REALTY TRUST
Bank of America
Merrill Lynch
CAESARS
Arnold & Porter
EASTDIL
SECURED
citi
Harrah's
NEW ORLEANS
Hogan
Lovells
Blackstone
EY
RESORTS
Kramer Levin Davis Polk pwc
Wynn
Morgan Stanley Skadden
☐ Deutsche Bank UBS
ANNALY
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