Location - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Work - CEO & Founder, BlackPines Capital Partners
Executive Advisor @ Hillhouse Capital
CEO & Founder @ BP Global Advisors, B.V.
Education - 1992 1994 MBA in General Management @ Harvard University
1989 1990 MA in Economics @ University of British Columbia
1985 1989 BSc Honours in Economics @ Trent University
1983 1985 International Baccalaureate @ United World College of the Adriatic
Darren Huston is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of BlackPines Global Advisors B.V. incorporated in May 2016 in The Hague. BlackPines’ mission is to help both owners and leaders of private companies optimize the value of their investments.
They target opportunities where they can take an active role in the business and co-operate with management to help develop strategies both domestically and abroad. Their approach to investing enables them to leverage their long term relationships with strategic partners and portfolio companies to source and manage deals.
Since July 2016, Mr. Darren Huston has been working as an Executive Advisor to Hill house Capital, Asia’s largest investment firm. In January 2017, his work with Hill house Capital became non-exclusive and he took on two leadership roles. The first as Chairman of Magento, the world’s largest eCommerce software platform, and the second as Executive Chairman for Allegro, Poland’s largest eCommerce site.
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Darren Huston holds a Masters in Economics from the University of British Columbia and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University.
Darren Huston was President & CEO of The Priceline Group since 1 January 2014, and also Chief Executive Officer of Booking.com B.V. (Netherlands), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Priceline Group and the number one online hotel reservation service in the world, a position he has held since September 2011.
Darren Huston came to the Group from Microsoft Corporation, where he served as Corporate Vice President, Consumer & Online from 2008 and President & CEO of Microsoft Japan from 2005. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Mr Huston was also Senior Vice President at Starbucks Corporation, responsible for acquisitions and new product development.
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Darren Huston was Chief Executive Officer of Bookingdotcom B.V. (Netherlands), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Priceline Group and the number one online hotel reservation service in the world, a position he has held since September 2011.
Darren Huston came to the Group from Microsoft Corporation, where he served as Corporate Vice President, Consumer & Online from 2008 and President & CEO of Microsoft Japan from 2005.
Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Mr. Darren Huston was Senior Vice President at Starbucks Corporation, responsible for acquisitions and new product development. He holds a Masters in Economics from the University of British Columbia and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University.
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Darren Huston filling in as official director, another subsidizing round and incorporation with online travel offices and any semblance of Airbnb, Slickspaces can take a gander at the market at a worldwide scale.
Slickspaces is bringing automation and technology to both guests and hosts at vacation rental properties through things like smart locks and voice-led tools.
With ex-Booking Holdings CEO Darren Huston serving as executive chairman, a new funding round and integration with online travel agencies and the likes of Airbnb, Slickspaces can look at the market at a global scale.
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The Priceline Group is the dominant online player based on its scale, speed, search engine marketing strategy, and conversion skills, but perhaps its compensation policy should be added to the list of factors, as well.
Darren Huston cashed in on the opportunity, receiving nearly $17.9 million in total compensation in 2013 just prior to taking on the top role.
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Darren Huston says that ten years from now, no paper work will be involved in the travel. “You’ll have no passport, no credit cards, no confirmation,” predicts the Amsterdam-based Canadian.
"You just have to have your phone in your pocket, and if you lose it, everything will be in the cloud." Unless someone invites teleportation, however, we'll still have to fly – something Darren Huston doesn't really do.
But for now, this is the only way he can access all the local experiences he craves. "I like the odd taste and taste. I've eaten ants in Nairobi, frogs in Vietnam and a lot of weird things in China - I really enjoy it during travel. "
Black book: Europe
Comfort food: “In Amsterdam, if I feel homesick, I go to the restaurant Red. They serve only 3 things: steak, Canadian lobster and wine.”
Local fave: “Outside of Amsterdam is a little city called Delft, which is where Vermeer did his paintings. Everything still looks like it did in the 1600s.”
Greek treat: “One place I just dis
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Currently Darren Huston is the CEO of Blackpines Capital Partners which is a private investment firms providing solutions to both private and public companies to optimize the values of their investment.
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Full Name — Darren R. Huston
Born — 3 January 1966 (age 50) (1966–01–03) Hope, British Columbia, Canada
Salary — US$21,966,094 (total compensation)
Alma mater — Trent University, University of British Columbia, Harvard Business School
Nationality — Canadian
Residence — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Darren Huston completed his high school education at the United World College of the Adriatic in Italy, received a BS in Economics from Trent University, an MA in Economics from the University of British Columbia, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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