LIBERTY TRIPADVISOR - Key Persons


Albert E. Rosenthaler

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Corporate Development Officer
  • Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Chief Corporate Development Officer of Liberty Media Corporation
Albert E. Rosenthaler serves as Chief Corporate Development Officer of Liberty Media Corporation, Qurate Retail, Inc., Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. and Liberty Broadband Corporation. As Chief Corporate Development Officer, Mr. Rosenthaler is responsible for identifying and pursuing investment and other opportunities and assists in setting strategic direction to maximize shareholder value. Mr. Rosenthaler has been with Liberty since April 2002 and most recently served as Liberty's Chief Tax Officer before taking on his current role in October 2016. Mr. Rosenthaler serves as a director of Liberty TripAdvisor and Tripadvisor. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Olivet College and a Master of Accounting Science from the University of Illinois.

Ben Oren - EVP, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Treasurer
  • Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Liberty Media Corporation
Ben Oren serves as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Liberty Media Corporation, Qurate Retail, Inc., Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. and Liberty Broadband Corporation. Mr. Oren spent the previous twenty years in various investment banking roles. Most recently, Mr. Oren was a Managing Director with Credit Suisse, where he advised companies across multiple sectors including Technology, Media and Telecom on a broad set of capital markets transactions. At Credit Suisse, Mr. Oren was a member of the Investment Banking Committee, Corporate Insights Advisory Counsel, Capital Markets Innovation Counsel, and Americas Head of Liability Management. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. Oren was an Executive Director at UBS Securities, LLC. Mr. Oren holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Brian J. Wendling - CFO, SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Senior Vice President
  • Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer of Liberty Media Corporation
Brian J. Wendling serves as Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer of Liberty Media Corporation, Qurate Retail, Inc., Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. and Liberty Broadband Corporation. He is also Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. Mr. Wendling has held various positions with these companies and their predecessors since 1999. Prior to joining these companies, he worked in the assurance practice of the accounting firm, KPMG. Mr. Wendling serves on the board of Comscore, Inc. and has previously served on the boards of Fun Technologies Inc. and CommerceHub, Inc. He also serves on the board of Clothes to Kids of Colorado. Mr. Wendling received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Indiana University.

Chris Mueller

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Executive Committee
Mr. Mueller has been a director of Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. since August 2014. He has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman of 360networks Inc. since October 2005, and has held various senior management positions with 360networks Inc. since April 2000, including General Manager of Corporate Development, Senior Vice President-Finance, and Treasurer. Previously, Mr. Mueller served as a Managing Director of Corporate Finance at Ragen MacKenzie, a regional investment bank, and as the Chief Financial Officer and a director of Tuscany, Inc.

Christy Haubegger - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Christy Haubegger has been a director of Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. since May 2021. She is currently Executive Vice President, Communications and Chief Inclusion Officer for WarnerMedia. Recognized for advancing diverse representation in the entertainment industry, Haubegger leads WarnerMedia's global marketing and communications efforts and is also responsible for furthering diversity, inclusion and equity across the organization's workforce, so it more closely reflects the audience and community the company serves. Prior to joining WarnerMedia, Haubegger spent 14 years at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) leading the company's drive to become the market leader in the representation of women and people of color, as well as transforming the workforce to become the most diverse and inclusive agency in the entertainment business. Upon graduating from Stanford Law School, Haubegger founded Latina magazine in 1996. She moved into the world of entertainment in 2002 and worked as a film producer on Chasing Papi (20th Century Fox) and Oscar-winner James L. Brooks' romantic comedy Spanglish (Columbia Pictures). Haubegger currently serves on the boards of Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP) and Management Leadership for Tomorrow (ml4t.org), a non-profit organization that works to increase the number of minority business leaders. She is also a founding member of TIME'S UP, an initiative that addresses systemic inequality and injustice in the workplace.

Gregory B. Maffei - CEO, Chairman, President

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • President
  • Executive Chairman of Qurate Retail, Inc
  • Member of the Council
  • President and CEO of Liberty Media Corporation
Greg Maffei - oversees the Liberty family of companies as they compete in the digital mobile era. Liberty's stocks have consistently outperformed the indexes and peers. Liberty Media ranked #8 in Fortune's 2022-2023 World's Most Admired Companies in the Entertainment Industry. Maffei serves as President and CEO of Liberty Media Corporation, which owns media and entertainment businesses, including subsidiaries Formula 1 and SiriusXM, and an interest in Live Nation Entertainment. He is President and CEO of Liberty Broadband Corporation, which consists primarily of a 26% stake in Charter Communications and subsidiary GCI, Chairman, President and CEO of Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., which owns the Atlanta Braves and Chairman, President and CEO of Liberty TripAdvisor, which holds a controlling interest in Tripadvisor. In addition, Maffei serves as Executive Chairman of Qurate Retail, Inc., which owns digital commerce businesses, including subsidiaries QVC, HSN and the Cornerstone Brands. Maffei also serves as Chairman of the Liberty-related companies Live Nation Entertainment, SiriusXM and Tripadvisor, and as a Director of Charter Communications and Zillow. Prior to joining Liberty in 2005, Maffei served as Co-President of Oracle, Chairman and CEO of 360networks, and CFO of Microsoft. He has also served as a Director of Barnes & Noble, Citrix, DIRECTV, Dorling Kindersley, Electronic Arts and Starbucks and was Chairman of Expedia and Starz. Maffei is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and an AB from Dartmouth College where he formerly served on the Board of Trustees.

J. David Wargo

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  • Director of Liberty Broadband Corporation
Mr. Wargo has been a director of Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. since August 2014. He is the founder and president of Wargo & Company, Inc., a private company specializing in investing in the communications industry since 1993. Mr. Wargo is a co-founder and was a member of New Mountain Capital, LLC from 2000 to 2008. Prior to starting Wargo & Company, he was a managing director and senior analyst of The Putnam Companies from 1989 to 1992, senior vice president and a partner in Marble Arch Partners from 1985 to 1989 and senior analyst, assistant director of research and a partner in State Street Research and Management Company from 1978 to 1985. Mr. Wargo has served as a director of Liberty Broadband Corporation since March 2015. He has also served as a director of Liberty Global plc since June 2013, having previously served as a director of Liberty Global, Inc. from June 2005 to June 2013 and as a director of Liberty Media International, Inc. from May 2004 to June 2005. He has served as a director of Strayer Education, Inc. since March 2001. He served as a director of Discovery Communications, Inc. from September 2008 until April 2022, after having served as a director of Discovery Holding Company from May 2005 to September 2008.

Larry E. Romrell

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Mr. Romrell has been a director of Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. since August 2014. He held numerous executive positions with Tele-Communications, Inc. from 1991 to 1999. Previously, Mr. Romrell held various executive positions with Westmarc Communications, Inc. Mr. Romrell has served as a director of Liberty Interactive Corporation since December 2011, having previously served as a director from March 1999 to September 2011. He has served as a director of Liberty Media Corporation (including its predecessor) since September 2011. Mr. Romrell has served as a director of Liberty Global plc since June 2013, having previously served as a director of Liberty Global, Inc. from June 2005 to June 2013 and as a director of Liberty Media International, Inc. from May 2004 to June 2005.

Michael J. Malone

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
Mr. Malone has been a director of Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. since August 2014. He is currently Chief Executive Officer and principal of Hunters Capital, LLC, a Northwest Real Estate Development and Management Company. He is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DMX Music, Inc. (formerly AEI Music, Inc.), a multinational music programming and distribution company that he founded in 1971 and which was sold to Liberty Interactive Corporation in May 2001, following which he served as Chairman of Maxide Acquisition, Inc., a subsidiary of Liberty Interactive Corporation and the holding company for DMX, from May 2001 to February 2005. Mr. Malone has served as a director of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. since August 1999 and HomeStreet, Inc., a regional bank, since February 2012. He previously served as a director of Take Two Interactive Software, Inc. from January 2006 through March 2007.

Renee L. Wilm - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Administrative Officer
  • Chief Legal Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chief Executive Officer of Las Vegas Grand Prix, Inc
  • Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Liberty Media Corporation
Renee L. Wilm serves as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Liberty Media Corporation, Qurate Retail, Inc., Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. and Liberty Broadband Corporation. Ms. Wilm is responsible for managing legal and regulatory matters, providing strategic support across departments and supervising the day-to-day operations of our parent companies. Ms. Wilm also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Las Vegas Grand Prix, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media and Formula 1 which is the promoter entity for the inaugural Formula 1 race on the legendary Las Vegas Strip scheduled to occur November 2023. She is responsible for overseeing all commercial and operational matters relating to the execution of the race. Previously, Ms. Wilm was a Senior Partner with the law firm Baker Botts L.L.P., where she represented Liberty and its predecessors for over twenty years, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, complex capital structures and shareholder arrangements, as well as securities offerings and matters of corporate governance and securities law compliance. At Baker Botts, Ms. Wilm was a member of the Executive Committee, the East Coast Corporate Department Chair and Partner-in-Charge of the New York office. Ms. Wilm holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with High Honors in Finance from Hofstra University and a Juris Doctorate degree from St. John's University School of Law, where she graduated summa cum laude and served as the Executive Articles Editor of the St. John's Law Review. Ms. Wilm serves on the Board of Advisors for the Fashion, Arts, Media & Entertainment Law Center at Cardozo Law School, Gala Committee of St. Mary's Academy and Teach for America Central Florida Advisory Board.