WILLIAM C. CARSTANJEN

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Churchill Downs Inc

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2014-03-24 Mr. Carstanjen was employed at General Electric Company.
2016-03-29 Carstanjen has led CDI’s diversification strategy into online wagering, into regional casino gaming and into mobile and online social games through Big Fish Games.
2018-03-15 Mr. Carstanjen was named the Company’s twelfth Chief Executive Officer in August 2014 and appointed to the Board of Directors in July 2015.
2019-03-13 Mr. Carstanjen was named the Company’s twelfth Chief Executive Officer in August 2014.
2020-03-10 Mr. Carstanjen served as CDI’s President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2014), CDI’s Chief Operating Officer (2009-2011) and as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Development Officer for the Company (2005-2009).
2021-03-11 Mr. Carstanjen joined the Company in July 2005 after serving as an executive with General Electric Company. Mr. Carstanjen began his career as an attorney with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance.
2022-03-17 Mr. Carstanjen was named the Company’s twelfth Chief Executive Officer in August 2014.
2023-03-16 Mr. Carstanjen began his career as an attorney with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions.
2024-03-14 Mr. Carstanjen served as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2014), the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (2009-2011) and as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Development Officer for the Company (2005-2009).

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-04-15