What does JW of Hangzhou Marriott Hotel mean?

Willard Marriott, the founder of J. Marriott Hotel, was born in September 1900 in the Marriott settlement in Utah, USA, and his family ranked second. J. Willard Marriott helped his parents grow beets and feed animals on his small farm when he was a child. J Willard marriott soon learned how to do things by his own judgment. "My father taught me the sense of responsibility of men," he recalled years later. "He always tells me what to do, but never tells me too much what to do. He asked me to find a way to solve the problem myself. "

J Willard marriott's business talent seems to be innate. He started his first business at the age of 13. At that time, he called his brothers and sisters to grow lettuce on a relatively barren land on the farm. At the end of summer, these lettuce brought 2000 dollars to J Willard Marriott. He gave all the first money to his father. This also won the trust of his father. The following year, my father asked J Willard Marriott to escort 3,000 sheep to San Francisco for sale alone.

J Willard marriott's longing for majestic mountains and vast space doomed him not to live on his small farm all his life. 192 1 year, after living as a Mormon in New England for two years, J Willard marriott returned to Utah and began his study life at the University of Utah. During his college years, J. Willard Marriott founded various small companies to earn tuition. He even sold wool underwear to loggers.

After graduating from college, J. Willard Marriott came to Washington, D.C., thousands of miles away and began to plan his future business. He traveled all over Washington and found that there was a huge market for root beer. Therefore, he from A &；; W obtained the agency sales right of Le Beer Dew. Since then, J Willard marriott and his partners have raised $6,000 to buy machinery and equipment and rent shops. 1927 On May 20th (which happened to be the day when pilot Charles Lindbergh first tried to fly across the Atlantic), J Willard Marriott opened the Le Beer Dew Store with only nine seats.

Only two weeks after the store opened, J. Willard Marriott returned to Utah and completed another major change in his life-marrying Alice Sheets. After getting married, J. Willard Marriott took his wife back to Washington with his Ford, and the heat and rush all the way became the couple's honeymoon trip.

For the next 58 years (until J Willard Marriott died in August 1985), he almost never rested. Whether it is the operation of the enterprise or the location of the store, he is hands-on. Whether sleeping, eating or working, J Willard Marriott always thinks about his career. Even in 1972, his eldest son, J. Willard Marriott II, was officially appointed as the president of the company and took over the operation of the company, but he still did not retire. As a hands-on manager, J. Willard Marriott likes to visit every store in the company, have dinner with employees and have a heart-to-heart talk with them. "Take care of your employees, and your employees will take care of your customers." This is what J Willard Marriott often says to the company manager. This is also the corporate culture that Marriott has always adhered to.

J Willard Marriott not only cares about his employees, but also actively participates in the charity of the church and the country. In addition, J. Willard Marriott is a true believer of Mormonism, and he spent a lot of time and financial resources to support the construction of the church. When doing charity, J Willard Wanhao particularly emphasized the investment in educational projects.

J. Willard Marriott once expressed his philosophy of life before his death, "A successful career must always be constructive and do creative things. He must be integrated into the career he loves. He should also take every day of his life seriously. Although it is not easy to do this, it is exactly what I have been pursuing all my life. "

According to his son Xiaowanlio, what the grumpy founder said at the end of 1985 was actually complaining that the corn cob he ate at dinner that night was broken: "It seems that we don't have good corn here!"