Gamal Aziz

Gamal Aziz, also known as Gamal Abdelaziz (Arabic: جمال عزيز, born ),

Aziz was one of the individuals accused in the 2019 college admissions Varsity Blues case. In May 2023, the First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling clearing Aziz of all charges.

Career Aziz was born in Egypt, grew up in Cairo, Egypt, and resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Aziz helped Steve Wynn open the Bellagio, the most expensive US hotel ever built, as that hotel's senior vice president, a post he held from 1998 to 2000.

Aziz was next president and chief operating officer of the 5,000-room, 10,000-employee resort MGM Grand, the largest hotel by rooms in the US, joining it in 2001. He was then president and chief operating officer of MGM Resorts International, and then MGM Hospitality in September 2010. In that position he helped finalize 27 hotel projects in leisure markets around the world.

In January 2013 Aziz was appointed president and chief operating officer of Wynn Resorts Development LLC, overseeing expansion opportunities. He next became president of Wynn Macau, Ltd., reporting directly to Wynn. He resigned in September 2016 as president and as a board member of Wynn Macau.

Aziz has been CEO of Legacy Hospitality Group since January 2017, according to his LinkedIn page.

In March 2019, Aziz and others were named in a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Justice Department and charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud as part of the 2019 college admissions Varsity Blues case. but the conviction was overturned on appeal. A three-panel judge issued the reversal after finding that a lower court had made missteps during Aziz’s trial. The Los Angeles Times reported that the 3-0 decision was a result of the charges against Aziz being “based on misapplications of the law, unsupported by the evidence presented at trial, or tainted by the introduction of evidence about other Singer clients whom Abdelaziz… had nothing to do with.” As a result of the ruling, Aziz, who was permitted to remain free from prison pending appeals, became the only accused parent in the college admissions scandal to avoid punishment.