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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The Board of Directors of Vinco Ventures, Inc. (the “Company”) duly appointed Gabe Hunterton as President effective as of October 3, 2022.
Gabe Hunterton is an experienced leader with extensive history in multiple spaces including gaming and gaming technology. His most recent position was President of City of Dreams Macau, a flagship casino property of Melco Corporation (Nasdaq: MLCO). He was Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Galaxy Macau, one of the largest casinos in the world. He also served as Chief Operations Officer of Star World a wholly owned subsidiary of Galaxy Entertainment Group LTD. (Hong Kong Exchange HKEX: 0027). He was Senior Vice President of Business Development and Senior Vice President of Casino Operations for MGM Macau. At times in his career, he had over 10,000 employees reporting to him. His gaming industry experiences ranges from dealer to Chief Operating Officer, having overseen two of the largest and most profitable gaming resorts in the world. He has also consulted with companies on technology integration, license valuation, asset valuation, and RFP development for new gaming resort markets. He has extensive experience in online gaming and technology. Gabe holds a BA in Economics from Yale University.
From October 2017 to January 2018, he served as Property President, City of Dreams Macau. From February 2018 to present, Mr. Hunterton has had his own consulting practice in which he has focused his efforts on providing expertise on various facets of the gaming industry including license valuation, tech evaluation, deal valuation, asset valuation, developing long term projections on the Macau and Asian gaming markets and developing an RFP for and acting as the COO of a casino project in Japan.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: October 7, 2022
| VINCO VENTURES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Ross Miller | |
| Name: | Ross Miller | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |