Founder Profile
Ed Pitoniak
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Ed Pitoniak?
Ed Pitoniak is a founder of VICI Properties Inc., which was founded in 2017.
- Company founded
- VICI Properties Inc.
- Founded
- 2017
Background
Before VICI, Pitoniak worked in hotel and resort real estate, including as chief executive of the Canadian hotel REIT InnVest and in senior roles at the ski-resort company Intrawest.
Founding Story
Edward Pitoniak has been VICI's chief executive since the REIT was formed in October 2017 out of the Chapter 11 restructuring of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company. VICI had no founder in the usual sense; the restructuring plan created it, and Pitoniak was hired to run it. He led the 2018 NYSE listing, the 2022 purchases of the Venetian real estate and MGM Growth Properties, and the move into non-gaming experiential assets. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- VICI FY2025 results release (VICI Properties Inc.)
- VICI 2025 Form 10-K (VICI Properties Inc.)