Richard L. KINZEL

Chairman, President, and CEO of Cedar Fair, L.P.

Having no formal college education and starting at Cedar Fair as a food service supervisor in 1972, I had to learn from experience, mentors, and business associates.

Shortly after being named President and CEO in 1986, I heard a comment I have tried to live by and have preached to my general managers: “Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.” That is, businesses, empires, and families can be destroyed by greed. In business, greed can manifest itself in pricing, investing, and capital expenditures. In one’s personal life, greed can cause a lack of balance between professional responsibilities and family obligations. Greed must be ultimately controlled by good common sense.

Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered