Horst H. Schulze

Schulze is president and CEO of the ultra-luxury international hotel company, West Paces Hotel Group, LLC. Before assuming the presidency of West Paces, Schulze served as founding CEO and president of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Under his leadership, Ritz-Carlton was awarded the 1992 and 1999 Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award and voted “best hotel company in the world” by numerous convention and trade publications. Schulze now serves on several boards, including Reliance Trust Company, Georgia Family Council, the InfiLaw System, the Travel Institute, and Cancer Treatment Centers of America. An acclaimed speaker, he has taught a wide range of industries how to achieve customer-based success.