Steven M. Hilton
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| Born |
Stephen Michael Hilton November 9, 1950 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Malibu, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | UCLA Anderson School of Management |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Occupation | Philanthropist |
| Organization | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation |
| Predecessor | Donald H. Hubbs |
| Successor | Peter Laugharn |
| Parent(s) |
William Barron Hilton Marilyn Hawley Hilton |
| Awards | Yunus Social Innovation Medal, Southern California Grantmakers' Heart of Philanthropy Award, UCLA Anderson’s 100 Inspirational Alumni, Distinguished Alumni Award by the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association |
| Website | www.hiltonfoundation.org |
Steven Michael Hilton (born November 9, 1950) is an American philanthropist. He is the son of hotel magnate Barron Hilton, whose own father founded the Hilton Hotels chain. Steven Hilton is the chairman of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, a humanitarian charity working to improve the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people throughout the world. He served as president and CEO of the foundation prior to his retirement in 2015, since which he has remained chairman. During his tenure, annual grants have grown from a total of $6 million to $100 million a year, providing more than $1.4 billion to nonprofit organizations.
Hilton was born in Santa Monica, California, the third of eight children born to Marilyn June (née Hawley) and William Barron Hilton. Barron, who succeeded his father Conrad Hilton as president and CEO of Hilton Hotels Corporation in 1966, has served as the family's patriarch since Conrad's death in 1979. Steven grew up with his siblings at their family home, first in Santa Monica, and later in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles.
He earned a bachelor's degree in History at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1974, and prepared to follow his father into the hotel business. He spent five years working in a variety of sales and operations positions at Hilton hotels in Georgia, Alabama and California. He briefly explored the science and economics of aquaculture in California and Hawaii before returning to Southern California in 1983 to contemplate his next career move. He sought the counsel of Donald H. Hubbs, a longtime business advisor to both his father and his grandfather. Hubbs, who was chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, felt that Hilton's work ethic and sensitivity were well-suited to philanthropy. He offered him a job as an entry-level program assistant.
Hilton was soon promoted to program associate, then program officer. In the late '80s, he earned a master's degree from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1989, he was put in charge of grant-making as vice president of programs, and was elected to the board of directors. The board named him president in 1998, and on Hubbs' retirement in 2005, Hilton succeeded him as CEO as well.
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