John L. Houck was born in Butte, Montana on May 11, 1944 to Vernon Houck and Mary (Kiehn) Houck. Houck and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953.

Mary Fitzgerald obtained her master’s degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965 with her newly-wedded husband because she heard of an associates program in nursing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Kevin Sweet was born in Wellsville, New York. He always knew he wanted to run casinos. When he graduated from college in December 2006, he came to Las Vegas and entered the MGM Management Associate Program. Kevin went to work at Treasure Island as a slot operations analyst. He worked in the same position at Bellagio, then as director of slot operations at Aria. Kevin wanted international experience, so he became the executive director of global slot operations for Las Vegas Sands Corporation.