Leven retiring from Las Vegas Sands board of directors

Michael Leven, the president of Las Vegas Sands Corp. during one of its greatest periods of growth, is retiring from the company’s board of directors.

The company announced the retirement in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday.

Leven also informed the company that he will also retire from the board of directors of Sands subsidiary Sands China Ltd. Both departures are effective immediately.

Leven was named president in 2009 at a time when the company was expanding in Macau and about to enter the Singapore market. He took the role as No. 2 man to Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson after William Weidner was fired. In 2012, Leven accepted a contract extension.

In May 2014, Leven announced plans to retire by the end of that year and left the company in December, agreeing to stay on the two boards of directors. He was succeeded by current president Rob Goldstein.

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