David Tsai

David Tsai is the Chief Executive Officer of Crown Resorts. He took up the role in October 2024 and has almost two decades of experience in integrated resorts.

Before joining Crown, Tsai spent more than 15 years with MGM Resorts International, a global gaming, hospitality and entertainment group. His last post there was President of the Midwest Group, in which he oversaw two integrated resorts at the same time: MGM Grand Detroit and MGM Northfield Park.

His MGM work covered hotel, gaming, food and beverage, and event operations in some of the most highly regulated jurisdictions in the United States. He also led large transformation programmes, among them the US$550 million upgrade and rebranding of the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino into Park MGM and NoMad Las Vegas.

Earlier in his career he worked at McKinsey & Company and held senior strategy and finance roles. These included leadership positions at ARIA Resort & Casino and the post of Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Analytics, at MGM Resorts, where he led group strategy across more than 15 integrated resorts in the US.

Tsai holds several degrees from Stanford University: a Master of Business Administration, a Master of Science in Management Science and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering.