Gordon Sondland — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder and Chairman of Provenance Hotels, a national owner and operator of full-service boutique hotels.
Served as the 20th U.S. Ambassador to the European Union from 2018 to 2020.
Co-founded the Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant Foundation to support families and communities.
Established Provenance Hotel Partners Fund I, a $525 million real estate investment fund, in 2015.
Appointed to the Commission for White House Fellowships by President George W. Bush.
Served on the U.S. Bancorp Advisory Board and the Board of Visitors of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

Biography

Gordon Sondland is the Founder and Chairman of Provenance Hotels, a company that owns and operates full-service boutique hotels across the United States. He established Provenance Hotels in 1985, raising $7.8 million to purchase the Roosevelt Hotel in Seattle. The company specializes in adapting old buildings and designing hotels around themes related to local history, art, and culture.