{"id":1538,"date":"2013-07-31T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2013-08-08T14:15:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T14:15:24","slug":"les-otten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/les-otten\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 72: Former CEO of American Skiing Company and President of Maine Energy Systems Les Otten"},"content":{"rendered":"
Show:<\/strong>\u00a072 Les Otten was born in Teaneck, New Jersey.\u00a0 He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Administration from Ithaca College, and then went to work in the skiing industry.\u00a0 First, he worked at Killington Ski Resort in Vermont and then moved up to Bethel, Maine and became ski operation manager of Sunday River.\u00a0 In 1980, Otten bought Sunday River and in 1995 he formed American Skiing Company.<\/p>\n Otten became Vice Chairman and a partner of the Boston Red Sox from 2002 through 2007.\u00a0 In 2004, while Otten was part-owner, the Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918.\u00a0 Otten told Stevoe how in 2004, he was at game seven in St. Louis, comparing the experience to the birth of a child.<\/p>\n
\nAir date:<\/strong> Saturday,\u00a0July 27
\nGuest:<\/strong>\u00a0Les Otten
\nHost:<\/strong> Steve Woods (Stevoe)
\nStudio Contributor<\/strong> Debi Davis
\nExecutive Producer:<\/strong> Mark Gould (Sharky)
\nAssistant Producer:<\/strong> Shannon Maguire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n