Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Photo Credit: Glenn Fogel, who is the CEO and president of Booking Holdings, spoke at Skift Global Forum on September 18, 2019, with Executive Editor Dennis Schaal. Skift
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Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel said he "feels fine" after testing positive for coronavirus. As a public company, Booking Holdings prudently disclosed the diagnosis in a financial filing.
Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel tested positive for coronavirus, the company disclosed Wednesday in a financial filing. The online travel giant also said it has succession plans for all of its senior executives, suggesting they could cover temporarily for Fogel if necessary.
Fogel told employees his symptoms are mild, and he doesn't believe he infected anyone at the company's Norwalk, Connecticut headquarters since he's been working from home for some time. He is currently quarantined, or "in lockdown," as he put it, in a letter to employees, in New York.
[See the letter embedded and a video message to employees that are embedded below.}
In the letter, Fogel said he had "flu-like symptoms early last week," got tested March 26, but only received the results Tuesday night.
"I am very grateful to have such a mild set of symptoms
