Mark Frissora, incoming CEO at Caesar just bought $1 million worth of his company’s stock. Frissora bought 101,900 shares between 5-20-15 and 5-21-15 at an average price of $10.04

Posted: Sunday, March 8, 2015 2:00 pm

By REUBEN KRAMER, Staff Writer

Incoming Caesars Entertainment CEO Mark Frissora is the anti-Gary Loveman, who leaves the post in June but will remain the company’s chairman.

When Loveman went from Harvard to Harrah’s, Caesars’ predecessor, in 1998, the associate professor was respected for his wonky productivity theories but had virtually no experience running a company.

Frissora comes to Caesars battle-tested — a self-described “Midwestern guy” from Columbus, Ohio, who has spent decades in the corporate trenches fighting competitors in the rough-and-tumble car rental and auto parts industries.