Donald Kornstein
Director/Board Member at CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Net worth: 2 M $ as of 2024-05-30
Profile
Donald Robert Kornstein founded Alpine Advisors LLC in 2002, where he worked as President & Managing Member from 2002 to 2011.
Mr. Kornstein also currently works at Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp., as Chairman from 2006, Bally Fitness Franchising, Inc., as Chairman, Caesars Entertainment UK Ltd., as Chairman from 2020, Caesars Holdings, Inc., as Independent Director from 2017, Caesars Entertainment, Inc., as Independent Director from 2020, and Sharp Alpha Advisors LLC, as Advisory board.
Mr. Kornstein also formerly worked at Jackpot Enterprises, Inc., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 1994 to 2000, Herbst Gaming, Inc., as Chairman in 2011, Bally Total Fitness Corp., as Chairman & Chief Strutting Officer from 2006 to 2008, Affinity Gaming LLC, as Chairman from 2010 to 2014, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., as Senior Managing Director from 1977 to 1994, Circuit City Stores, Inc., as Director from 2008 to 2010, Varsity Brands LLC, as Director from 1995 to 2003, SHFL entertainment, Inc., as Director from 2003 to 2005, Cash Systems, Inc., as Director from 2006 to 2008, Caesars Acquisition Co., as Independent Director from 2014 to 2017, 2016 GCG Ltd., as Non-Executive Director from 2010 to 2016, and Shuffle Master, Inc., as Director from 2003 to 2005.
Mr. Kornstein received his undergraduate degree in 1973 from the University of Pennsylvania and Masters Business Admin degree in 1975 from Columbia Business School.
Known holdings in public companies
Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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2024-04-14 | 51,203 ( 0.02% ) | 2 M $ | 2024-05-30 |
Donald Kornstein active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2017-10-05 |
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2020-07-19 |
Caesars Entertainment UK Ltd.
Caesars Entertainment UK Ltd. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Founded in 1993, Caesars Entertainment UK Ltd. is a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. that operates casinos. The company is based in London, UK. | Chairman | 2020-10-31 |
Bally Fitness Franchising, Inc.
Bally Fitness Franchising, Inc. Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Bally Fitness Franchising, Inc. owns and operates fitness centers. It operates over 400 fitness centers in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The company is located in Chicago, IL. | Chairman | - |
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp.
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. operates fitness centers. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Chairman | 2006-08-10 |
Sharp Alpha Advisors LLC
Sharp Alpha Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Sharp Alpha Advisors LLC (Sharp Alpha Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Former positions of Donald Kornstein
Companies | Position | End |
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CAESARS ACQUISITION COMPANY | Director/Board Member | 2017-10-05 |
2016 GCG Ltd.
2016 GCG Ltd. Casinos/GamingConsumer Services 2016 GCG Ltd. engaged in the integrated betting and gaming activities. It provided online bingo and casino services through galabingo.com, and online sports-betting services through coral.co.uk, as well as offers its services through mobile. The company was founded in 1997 by John M. Kelly and was headquartered in Merseyside, the United Kingdom. | Director/Board Member | 2016-10-31 |
Affinity Gaming, LLC
Affinity Gaming, LLC Hotels/Resorts/Cruise linesConsumer Services Affinity Gaming operates as a diversified casino gaming company. It's casino operations consist of 11 casinos, five of which are located in Nevada, three in Colorado, two in Missouri and one in Iowa. The company was founded on March 29, 2010 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. | Chairman | 2013-12-31 |
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Training of Donald Kornstein
University of Pennsylvania | Undergraduate Degree |
Columbia Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 1 |
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CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. | Consumer Services |
Private companies | 18 |
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Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.
Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information. | Finance |
Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Circuit City Stores, Inc. Electronics/Appliance StoresRetail Trade Circuit City Stores, Inc. is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, home office products, entertainment software and related services. The company has two reportable segments: its domestic segment and its international segment. Circuit City was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1949. The company is located in Richmond, VA. | Retail Trade |
Jackpot Enterprises, Inc. | Consumer Services |
Varsity Brands LLC
Varsity Brands LLC Recreational ProductsConsumer Durables Varsity Brands LLC engages in the operations of educational camps, clinics, and competitions for cheerleaders. It provides team athletic gears; and graduation and recognition products and services. The company was founded by Jeffrey G. Webb in 1974 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN. | Consumer Durables |
SHFL entertainment, Inc.
SHFL entertainment, Inc. Industrial ConglomeratesProducer Manufacturing SHFL entertainment, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets technology-based products for the gaming industry. It operates its business through four segments: Utility, Proprietary Table Games, Electronic Table Systems and Electronic Gaming Machines. The Utility segment develops products for licensed casino operators that enhance table game speed, productivity, profitability and security. Utility products include various models of automatic card shufflers to suit specific games, as well as deck checkers, and roulette chip sorters. This segment also includes its i-shoe auto card reading shoe that gathers data and enables casinos to track table game play and its i-Score baccarat viewer that displays current game results and trends. The Proprietary Table Games segment consists of proprietary table games that enhance its casino customers' and other licensed operators' table game operations. Products in this segment include its internally developed and acquired proprietary table games, side bets, add-ons and progressives as well as its newly introduced online gaming products, which feature online versions of its table games, social gaming and mobile applications. Its proprietary content and features are also added to public domain games such as poker, baccarat, pai gow poker, craps and blackjack table games and to electronic platforms such as table master, vegas star and i-table. The Electronic Table Systems segment consists of various products involving popular table game content using e-Table game platforms. Its primary ETS products are i-table, table master, vegas star and rapid table games. Its i-table platform combines an electronic betting interface with a live dealer and live cards or a live wheel that is designed to improve game speed and security while reducing many operating expenses associated with live tables. Its table master and vegas star products feature a virtual dealer which enables the company to offer table game content in both traditional gaming markets and in markets where live table games are not permitted, such as some racinos, video lottery and arcade markets. Like the i-table, its rapid table games product enables the automation of certain components of traditional table games such as data collection, placement of bets, collection of losing bets and payment of winning bets combined with live dealer and game outcomes. The Electronic Gaming Machines segment develops and delivers its video slot machines into markets including Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Mexico and parts of South America. It offers a selection of video slot titles developed as stand-alone units or as linked progressive machines. In addition to selling the full EGM complement, it sells software conversion kits that allow existing EGM terminals to be converted to other games that operate on the current PC4 operating platform. In addition, it continues to develop a popular range of games utilizing the Pink Panther brand, under license from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. SHFL entertainment was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. | Producer Manufacturing |
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp.
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. operates fitness centers. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Consumer Services |
Cash Systems, Inc.
Cash Systems, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Cash Systems, Inc. develops and provides proprietary cash advance systems and ATMs as well as operates check cashing systems for the gaming industry. The company provides credit and debit card cash advances, automated teller machine cash withdrawals, and check cashing solutions. The company was founded by Craig K. Potts in 1983 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. | Finance |
Herbst Gaming, Inc.
Herbst Gaming, Inc. Hotels/Resorts/Cruise linesConsumer Services Herbst Gaming, Inc. was an operator of slot machines in Nevada. The company operated through two business segments: slot route operations and casino operations. The slot route operations involved in the installation, operation and service of slot machines at strategic, high traffic, non-casino locations, such as grocery stores, drug stores, convenience stores, bars, and restaurants. The Casino operations consist of two geographic areas, Nevada and other states. The company was headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. | Consumer Services |
Bally Fitness Franchising, Inc.
Bally Fitness Franchising, Inc. Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Bally Fitness Franchising, Inc. owns and operates fitness centers. It operates over 400 fitness centers in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The company is located in Chicago, IL. | Consumer Services |
Bally Total Fitness Corp.
Bally Total Fitness Corp. Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Bally Total Fitness Corp. owns and operates health fitness centers. The company was founded by Don Wildman on December 27, 1972 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Consumer Services |
Caesars Acquisition Co.
Caesars Acquisition Co. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Caesars Acquisition Co. engages in the equity investment in Caesars Growth Partners LLC, a joint venture between the company and Caesars Entertainment Corp., which operates as a casino entertainment provider. It operates through Interactive Entertainment, and Casino Properties and Developments segments. The Interactive Entertainment segment consists of social and mobile games that are played on various global social and mobile third-party platforms. The Casino Properties and Developments segment deals with Predecessor Growth Partners' interests in Planet Hollywood and the acquired properties, which includes hotel, related food, beverage, entertainment, and parking amenities as well as gaming facility operations and Horseshoe Baltimore. The company was founded on February 25, 2013 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. | Finance |
2016 GCG Ltd.
2016 GCG Ltd. Casinos/GamingConsumer Services 2016 GCG Ltd. engaged in the integrated betting and gaming activities. It provided online bingo and casino services through galabingo.com, and online sports-betting services through coral.co.uk, as well as offers its services through mobile. The company was founded in 1997 by John M. Kelly and was headquartered in Merseyside, the United Kingdom. | Consumer Services |
Alpine Advisors LLC
Alpine Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Alpine Advisors LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Incline Village, NV. The company was founded by Donald Robert Kornstein. | Finance |
Caesars Entertainment UK Ltd.
Caesars Entertainment UK Ltd. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Founded in 1993, Caesars Entertainment UK Ltd. is a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. that operates casinos. The company is based in London, UK. | Consumer Services |
Affinity Gaming, LLC
Affinity Gaming, LLC Hotels/Resorts/Cruise linesConsumer Services Affinity Gaming operates as a diversified casino gaming company. It's casino operations consist of 11 casinos, five of which are located in Nevada, three in Colorado, two in Missouri and one in Iowa. The company was founded on March 29, 2010 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. | Consumer Services |
Caesars Holdings, Inc.
Caesars Holdings, Inc. Hotels/Resorts/Cruise linesConsumer Services Caesars Holdings, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of casino-entertainment and hospitality services. It operates through the following segments: Las Vegas, Other U.S., and All Other. The All Other segment includes managed and international properties as well as other business, such as Caesars Interactive Entertainment. Its brands include Aesars, Harrahs, Horseshoe, Wsop, Linq, Caesars, and Paris. The company was founded by William Fisk Harrah in 1937 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. | Consumer Services |
Shuffle Master, Inc.
Shuffle Master, Inc. Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Shuffle Master, Inc. supplies gaming and casino equipment. The private company is based in Las Vegas. | Distribution Services |
Sharp Alpha Advisors LLC
Sharp Alpha Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Sharp Alpha Advisors LLC (Sharp Alpha Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
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