What is Arne Sorenson?
[[File:Arne Sorenson President & CEO, Marriott International (25676937623) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sorenson in April 2016]] '''Arne Morris Sorenson''' (October 13, 1958 &ndash; February 15, 2021) was a Japanese-born American hotel executive. He was the President and [[Chief Executive Officer]] of [[Marriott International]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.marriott.com/arne-m-sorenson.html |title=Marriott News Center: Arne M. Sorenson |publisher=[[Marriott International]] |date=October 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225022355/http://news.marriott.com/arne-m-sorenson.html |archive-date=February 25, 2012 }}</ref> He was born in [[Tokyo]]. He studied at the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lebowitz Rossi|first1=Holly|title=7 CEOs with notably devout religious beliefs|url=http://fortune.com/2014/11/11/7-ceos-with-notably-devout-religious-beliefs/|website=Fortune|publisher=Time|access-date=27 June 2016|date=11 November 2014}}</ref> Sorenson became the head of the largest publicly traded hotel chain in the world on March 31, 2012.<ref>{{Cite news| url =http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-14/marriott-s-arne-sorenson-to-replace-j-w-marriott-jr-as-ceo.html|title=Marriott’s Arne Sorenson to Replace J.W. Marriott Jr. as CEO|author=Nadja Brandt|publisher=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |date =December 14, 2011}}</ref> He had been a director for [[Wal-Mart]],<ref>{{Cite news| url = https://www.forbes.com/profile/arne-sorenson/|title= Arne Sorenson|publisher=[[Forbes]] |access-date = January 18, 2015}}</ref> and was the [[Chief Operating Officer]] for Marriott.<ref>{{Cite news| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203430404577097083490921006|title=Marriott CEO to Step Down|author=Alexandra Berzon|publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date = December 14, 2011}}</ref> In May 2019, Sorenson was diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/marriott-ceo-diagnosed-with-pancreatic-cancer-11556883247|title=Marriot