Horst Schulze to step down as Ritz-Carlton pres, COO

December 28, 2000
LOS ANGELES, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Horst Schulze, who oversaw a more than six-fold expansion in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel chain, will step down as the company's top executive in the first quarter of 2001, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Schulze is leaving Atlanta-based Ritz-Carlton, a subsidiary of Marriott International Inc. (NYSE:MAR), to spend more time with his family, said company spokeswoman Vivian Deuschl.

He will resign as president and chief operating officer after a replacement is found, and will assume the newly created position of vice chairman of the Ritz-Carlton board for at least a year.

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