SeaWorld Names New President and CEO
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Photo by Matt Stroshane/Getty Images(ORLANDO, Fla.) — SeaWorld Entertainment named its new president and CEO on Thursday, selecting Joel Manby, formerly president and CEO of Herschend Enterprises, the largest family-owned theme park and entertainment company in the U.S.
Manby, 55, will assume the dual roles on April 7 and will also join the company’s Board of Directors. David D’Alessandro, who had served as interim CEO, will continue to serve as chairman.
SeaWorld has experienced attendance and revenue dropoffs since the release of Blackfish, a documentary portraying the company’s treatment of killer whales, in 2013.
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