(Steven Rudnitsky is on the Right)
Many of you may be thinking, who is Steve Rudnitsky? Back in the late 90’s he got his 15 minutes of fame by dating former Today Show host Katie Couric, when in reality he is much more than that.
This time Steven is in the press because he is stepping down from his post as the Wyndham Hotel Group chief executive, to pursue other interests in his life. With his hefty severance package of $2.2 million he shouldn’t find it too difficult to live footloose and fancy free.
In a statement made by Wyndham exec. Stephen Holmes, it sounds like whoever they hire to take over the position has some pretty big shoes to fill.
“Steve’s leadership transformed our lodging business from a pure domestic franchise company into a major global franchise and management company through the acquisition of world-class brands, acceleration of international hotel development and the strengthening of our core domestic operations.”
Let’s get back to the Katie Couric part of Steven. I am not sure why I remember this short lived relationship because I can’t even remember last week. At the time, Rudnitsky was an executive for Nabisco and went on one public date with Couric, and the next thing to come was The National Enquirer pretty much having them married off.
Steven’s last day working for Wyndham is tomorrow – Sept 30th. Steven, if you are reading this, your old friends at Pillsbury asked me to give you this message. Since you will now have some free time on your hands, they would love to have you join them at Champs in Minnetonka, MN on October 3rd for ‘happy hour’ for their Pillsbury Food Service reunion.
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