Herschend Family Entertainment
Chris Herschend has extensive experience in leadership and investment, currently serving as Chair at Herschend Family Entertainment since 2019, where responsibilities include supporting the CEO, stockholders, and board of directors. As Co-Founder of Elmwood Management LLC, Chris focuses on diversified private investments. Additional roles include Director at E. Ritter & Company and The WONDER Project, the latter dedicated to producing inspiring films and television shows. Previously, Chris was President of RIDE THE DUCKS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, overseeing significant growth and a management buyout. Chris’s background includes advisory work at Momentus Technologies and an associate position in a private family investment office, with early career experience at The Coca-Cola Company. Educational credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in English and an MBA from Emory University.
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Herschend Family Entertainment
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Herschend is the parent company for a family of entertainment brands with a collective vision and mission of bringing families closer together by Creating Memories Worth Repeating®. The company’s roots date back to 1950 when the Herschend family founded their first attraction, a small cave tour in Branson, Mo., which later expanded into the famed Silver Dollar City®. Today, Herschend is recognized as the largest family-owned themed attractions organization in the US., with 11,000+ employees across 26 properties that collectively entertain more than 14 million guests annually. The company’s more than 70 years of success is a credit to the deep-rooted culture of “Love in Action,” built on the Herschend family values of kindness and caring. Love can be found at every Herschend property, every day, from the way guests are treated to how the company cares for its employees. These values are reflected in the company's Leading With Love curriculum and Herschend GROW U., our free employee education assistance program. Operating companies within Herschend include Herschend Family Entertainment (Dollywood® Parks & Resorts, Silver Dollar City® Attractions, Adventure Aquarium®, Newport Aquarium®, Kentucky Kingdom®, and Wild Adventures®), Herschend Live (Harlem Globetrotters®), Herschend Entertainment Studios (Splash & Bubbles® and Chuggington®) and Herschend Adventure Holdings, LLC (Pink Adventure Tours®).