Ron Rivett

Ron Rivett is an American entrepreneur. He is best known for being founder of Super 8 Motels and My Place hotels. By 1993, Super 8 had 1,000 locations worldwide. Super 8 grew to be the largest budget hotel chain in the world. In 2011, he founded My Place Economy Extended Stay. By 2016, My Place had 28 locations nationwide.

Rivett graduated from Northern State University with a degree in business in 1963 and received an honorary “Doctorate of Humane Letters” from NSU in 1990.

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