Micky Arison

Micky Arison is an Israeli-American businessman and chairman of Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise operator. From 1979 until 2013, he also served as CEO until he was replaced in June 2013 by Arnold W. Donald, who had served on the company’s board for 12 years.

Micky Arison is chairman of the world’s largest cruise ship operator, Carnival Corp.
He spent 34 years as CEO of Carnival, helping grow its fleet from two ships to more than 100, before stepping down in June 2013.
Born in Tel Aviv, he immigrated to the U.S. as a young child with his father, Ted Arison (d. 1999), who cofounded Carnival in 1972 with a single ship.
When Carnival was founded, Arison dropped out of the University of Miami to become a sales rep for the cruise line.
In 1995 he took control of the Miami Heat, the NBA franchise his father helped bring to Florida. Since then the team has won three NBA championships.

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