J. Willard Marriott

E509790

entrepreneur hotelier human

J. Willard Marriott was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Marriott Corporation, which grew from a small root beer stand into one of the world’s largest hotel and hospitality companies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
J. Willard Marriott canonical	3
J. W. Marriott Jr.	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entrepreneur ⓘ hotelier ⓘ human ⓘ
awarded	Horatio Alger Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1900-09-17 ⓘ
birthPlace	Marriott Settlement, Utah, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Weber County, Utah, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Salt Lake City Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
businessModel	hotel franchising and management ⓘ
businessRegion	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ international ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
child	J. W. Marriott Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1985-08-13 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Weber State Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	American of English descent ⓘ
familyName	Marriott NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded	Hot Shoppes NERFINISHED ⓘ Marriott Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedIn	1927 ⓘ
foundedOrganizationType	hospitality company ⓘ
fullName	John Willard Marriott NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	John NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameSuffix	Sr. ⓘ
headquarteredCompanyLocation	Bethesda, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	hospitality industry ⓘ restaurant industry ⓘ
knownFor	expanding Marriott from a small food stand to a major corporation ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
notableFor	developing a global hotel and hospitality chain ⓘ founding Marriott Corporation ⓘ
occupation	business executive ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ hotelier ⓘ
parentOf	Bill Marriott NERFINISHED ⓘ
philanthropyArea	education ⓘ religious organizations ⓘ
positionHeld	chairman of Marriott Corporation ⓘ president of Marriott Corporation ⓘ
religion	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
spouse	Alice Sheets Marriott NERFINISHED ⓘ
startedAs	root beer stand operator ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame → notableLaureate → J. Willard Marriott ⓘ

JW Marriott → namedAfter → J. Willard Marriott ⓘ

Marriott International → foundedBy → J. Willard Marriott ⓘ

Marriott International → hasKeyPerson → J. Willard Marriott ⓘ

this entity surface form: J. W. Marriott Jr.