MGM Resorts Executive Shuffle sees Ayesha Molino and Gary Fritz obtain big promotions


MGM Resorts International has a little management fictitus. Two new hires were placed in the commercial director (CCO) and the president of MGM Digital, as well as the roles of the chief of the operation (COO). Ayesha Molino will assume the role of COO from January 1, 2026, while the new CCO, Gary Fritz, will start immediately.
Corey Sanders, Corey Sanders of MGM Resorts, plans to retire at the end of the year after working with the company for 30 years. He has been in the role of COO since June 2010 and started at the company as a tax director after a career as a tax specialist in an accounting firm. He had become the financial director of MGM Grand after three years.
Ayesha Molino COO references
Ayesha Molino’s career was a little more political. Between 2005 and 2017, Molino was involved in government services during the bush, Obama and the first Trump administrations.
His first work in the government was as a lawyer of the Office of the Chief International Commerce. She finally worked alongside the American senator now dead Harry Reid until 2017.
Since then, she has been with MGM Resorts International in a trio of roles. From 2017 to 2021, she used her history for her role as the main vice-president of government affairs, moving towards public affairs, and will now take control of the role of COO of MGM Resorts after a certain time as president and COO of Aria and Vdara Resorts.
Bill Hornbuckle, president and chief executive officer of MGM Resorts, said this about the next change of guard for the role of COO:
“Ayesha is an exceptionally gifted strategic thinker and strategic operator who excels in managing by complexity, which has earned him respect for his colleagues and peers throughout the business.
“In fact, under the direction of Ayesha, Aria posted records of all time in Ebitdar, returned annual, Hotel and income from Casino, ADR and Gold + NPS Scores, to name just a few.
“Ayesha’s ability to unite teams, generate results and browse the challenges makes her the perfect leader to succeed Corey as a COO. I am convinced that it will continue to shape our growth and our future success. ”
Gary Fritz takes the role of MGM CCO
Fritz, the current CCO and president of MGM Digital, has a business career, working at Rakuten, Tripadvisor, Expedia and McKinsey & Company. He was also the chief of the game for IAC.
On Fritz, Hornbuckle said:
“Gary has helped to establish and advance our digital strategy through acquisitions, strategic partnerships and organic expansion of our BETMGM brand in new international markets such as Brazil.
“He is a visionary leader with acute ideas and instincts, and his new role will bring together all digital games, marketing and advertising while we are trying to accelerate our omnichannel strategy and unlock a significant growth in digital and igaming.”
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