Vail Resorts CEO Defends Ownership Model On Podcast

Days after Semafor reported that an activist investor was considering a proxy fight to shake up Vail Resorts’ board and explore selling off the company’s ski resorts, CEO Rob Katz used his Epic By Nature podcast to explain why he believes an owned-and-operated network of mountains was at the “heart” of the Vail Resorts business model. “That network is what has enabled our success over the past nearly 20 years,” he said in the podcast. “It's what mad