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Informational Diary: Darren Huston Speaks On New CEO Appointed By Allegro... : Darren Huston Speaks On New CEO Appointed By Allegro Allegro, a leading online marketplace in Poland introduced the appointment of Francois Nuyts as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Nuyts joins from Amazon where he was responsible for establishing Amazon in Southern Europe, as Vice President & Managing Director of Amazon Spain and Italy. Executive Chairman of Allegro, Darren Huston said: “The CEO transition comes at a good time for the company. 

Darren Huston Blackpines Global Advisors - Venture Capital - British Columbia - Vancouver - Canada

Darren Huston , the family farmhand turned CEO of $60-billion Priceline Group Inc., is arguably one of the most successful C-suite exports to come out of this province that you’ve never heard of. Born in Hope, B.C., and equipped with a Master of Economics from UBC and an MBA from Harvard, Huston quickly climbed the corporate ladder at Starbucks and Microsoft as a senior VP, including a three-year run as president and CEO of Microsoft Japan. In 2011, he landed at Amsterdam-based travel website Booking.com as CEO; in less than three years’ time, he tripled the size of that operation, and in January of this year, Huston was named CEO of the parent company, Priceline. In addition to Booking.com and its eponymous website, Priceline’s other online properties include Kayak, Rentalcars, Agoda, and Villas. Visit: https://medium.com/@KristiLouis9/what-ceo-darren-huston-learned-from-bill-gates-297eb7291a97

Darren Huston discusses the company's offer of euro bonds and shares his perspective on online travel. Listen to the conversation between Darren Huston and Simon on CNBC.com Darren Huston – We just did a euro bond offering that we’re really proud of. At one 1.8% it’s helping to balance our balance sheets. Exposure that we have. And we think it’s a great raise and helps us bring money back in the United States as well. Simon – You know, you warned us about the currency effects last year and you stock didn’t do very well. But if you look at a chart of where we’ve been since your earnings call a couple of weeks ago, you’ve changed the conversation. It’s a 20% move in the stock. You’ve added, I think, 10 billion dollars back on shareholder value. What is making the difference now? What are you saying to people that he’s clearly moving the needle? Darren Huston – Well, Simon, I think, first of all, currency obviously is a very impo

Darren Huston is an alumnus of the UWC Adriatic 1983–1985 visited the college and gave a lecture. When Darren Huston was talking about his life and career, he was shocked by the fact that his audience consisted of many young travelers from around the world and that all UWC alumni also travel - in fact, UWCers As they do so very widely! Alumni are not just the “primary outcome" of UWC. They are also a source of sometimes unexpected ways to support fundraising for scholarships. During that visit Darren Huston gave a memorable lecture to the College students and came up with an idea for a Bookingdotcom. So – Darren Huston thought – how about creating a way for the Alumni to give to the College simply by using Booking.com? The grant is open-ended and variable and depends on our alumni booking, making students and staff members through bookingdotcom: the higher the booking, the higher the grant! Darren Huston When visiting UWC Adriatic in the spri

Darren Huston became the president and CEO of Microsoft Japan in July 2005, moving to Japan with his wife Clarissa (who graduated from Trent in 1990) and their children Erinne (six) and Owen (three).