Darren Huston

Darren Huston
Born Darren R. Huston
(1966-01-03) 3 January 1966
Hope, British Columbia, Canada
Residence Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater Trent University
University of British Columbia
Harvard Business School
Occupation former President and CEO, Priceline
Salary US$21,966,094 (total compensation)[1]
Successor Jeffery H. Boyd

Darren R. Huston (born 3 January 1966) is a Canadian businessman and the former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Priceline Group, and Booking.com.

Early life

Darren R. Huston was born on 3 January 1966 in Hope, British Columbia, Canada. He completed his high school education at the United World College of the Adriatic in Italy,[2] received a BS in Economics from Trent University, an MA in Economics from the University of British Columbia, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.[3]

Career

From 1990 to 1992 Huston was an economic advisor in the Canadian government. From 1994 to 1998 he held an executive position with McKinsey & Company. From 1998 to 2003 he was a Senior Vice President at Starbucks. In 2005 he became President and CEO of Microsoft Japan, and from 2008 served as Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President, leading the company’s Consumer & Online business. He joined Booking.com as CEO in September 2011, and became CEO of parent company Priceline on 1 January 2014.[1]

On 28 April 2016 he resigned as CEO of Priceline following an investigation relating to a personal relationship he had with an employee who was not under his direct supervision.[4] He received no severance package and forfeited almost $15.3 million in unvested stock equity. Jeffery Boyd, Priceline's Chairman and CEO from 2002 to 2013, took over as interim CEO.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Executive Profile: Darren R. Huston". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "UWCAD Alumni Profile: Darren R. Huston". UWC Adriatic. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Darren R. Huston". CNBC. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston Resigns; Chairman Jeffery H. Boyd Appointed Interim CEO" (Press release). The Priceline Group. PR Newswire. 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  5. ↑ Priceline CEO Resigns After Relationship With Employee


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