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Top five CEO picks
Five CEOs pick their top five operators
JIM RYAN, CEO, PARTYGAMING
1. Bwin Fantastic brand, diversified business and great management.
2. Bet365 The quiet giant.
3. Paddy Power Great results, an entertaining annual report and God loves the Irish.
4. Betfair Unique business model.
5. Ladbrokes Cashflow machine with great potential.
GIGI LEVY, 888 HOLDINGS
1. Bwin for being the best sportsbook out there, the most loved brand by consumers and for taking the leap of faith and investing for many years in building a huge brand which is now paying off.
2. PartyGaming for successfully growing the business from poker into other verticals and being a great operator.
3. Mangas for playing the consolidation game better than everyone else so far, and creating a mega-operator in just a few short years.
4. PokerStars leaving aside the US issue, Pokerstars is now a genericized brand like ‘Jeep’ with more searches on Google for ‘Pokerstars’ than ‘online poker’.
5. PKR for succeeding where many of us failed – combining gaming and gambling.
NORBERT TEUFELBERGER, CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE, BWIN
1. Bwin Best diversified, best brand, best sportsbook, best management.
2. PartyGaming Great casino, bingo and poker product and technology, great management, lean cost structure.
3. Betfair Great technology, alternative strategy.
4. Mangas Aggressive consolidator with access to capital.
5. Ladbrokes Blue chip UK brand with online potential.
CARLO GUALANDRI, CEO GIOCO DIGITALE
1. Bwin and Party Gaming combined They decided to merge putting even more pressure on the market and showing the way toward regulated markets (including the US).
2. Betfair it has created and consistently dominated a segment of the industry in which no one dared to compete.
3. & 4. Bet365 and PKR they have demonstrated that through focus, quality and innovation you can still create a space for yourself and an interesting proposition for the customer.
5. Zynga it has shown this industry that there is life in gaming without gambling.
HENRY BIRCH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WILLIAM HILL ONLINE
1. Bet365 Great product and marketing ubiquity.
2. PartyGaming Scale and brand for gaming.
3. Bwin Scale and brand for sportsbetting.
4. Mangas.
5. Paddy Power. |
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发表于 2011-2-27 03:12
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