Andrew Wirth

Andrew "Andy" Wirth (born 25 July 1963) is an American businessman in the mountain resort and hotel industry. He was most recently the president and CEO of Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, the parent company of Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Meadows ski resorts in Olympic Valley, CA until 2018.

He has previously worked for Steamboat Springs Resort and Intrawest. In 2010, he became President and CEO of Palisades Tahoe. In October 2013, Wirth's right arm was torn off and surgically reattached, as a result of a skydiving accident in Lodi, California. ''Steamboat Today'' chronicled his accident and recovery and his connection with Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.

In 2020, Wirth worked as chief executive on NEOM, a megaproject by the authoritarian government in Saudi Arabia. NEOM has been the subject of a number of controversies including Saudi ruler bin Salman's implication in the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, and the 2020 attempt to evict the Howeitat Tribe from their historic homeland to make way for the development of Neom. Wirth resigned in 2022 over disagreements with NEOM CEO Nadhmi Al-Nasr. Provided by Wikipedia