In an exclusive interview, Chicago Blackhawks Chairman Danny Wirtz delves into the contrast in leadership styles with his father, Rocky, as he succeeds him in business and hockey after Rocky's death in July.
Blackhawks fans Gabbie Roderer, right, and Kevin Murphy look at a a photo collage after a memorial service for owner Rocky Wirtz at the United Center on Aug. 9, 2023.on Aug. 8 and 9, respectively, for Rocky, who was 70 when he died.
“‘Your dad told some great stories about working on the family farm or his early days in the liquor business or what it was like working for his grandfather .’ They were stories of business and family, but embedded in them were lessons of what to do and what not to do sometimes.”Chicago Blackhawks chairman Rocky Wirtz, left, and CEO Danny Wirtz introduce Kyle Davidson as their new general manager on March 1, 2022, at the United Center.Bettman recalled when Bill Wirtz died on Sept.
Al Jourgensen, Ministry’s lead singer and a Hawks fan, detailed what he learned about Danny in a 2015 book, “Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen.” He went off on his own track in launching Banner, a video production company, in 2013, then joined creative studio Varyer as a partner in 2018.Danny Wirtz, then vice chair of Breakthru Beverage, at the warehouse in Cicero on July 26, 2016.
Last week Danny was named co-chairman of Breakthru, which employs more than 9,000 associates, extends into Canada and takes in more than $8 billion in revenue annually, according to a company statement. Rocky would sport a tie and suit jacket with khakis, no problem. Danny is no stranger to a suit but seems like he would amend Casual Friday to be Casual Every Day.
“ didn’t like waiting around or overcomplicating or bureaucracy. I do like process. I like strategy. I like planning but with the same end goal in mind.” “Part of skill was to know that ‘this is something that Danny will be good at,’” Danny said. “And there’s things that he was really good at. So we worked well together.“He helped push me to trust my gut and instincts. And I probably pushed him to take a more strategic approach or look at it more holistically.”
over hirings and firings in both the White Sox and Bulls front offices. “In other words, he can’t let himself be controlled by media and fans.“He should take into account the opinions of fans, but he has to recognize that they don’t have the facts he has. So he has to make decisions he thinks are correct, based upon the facts, not based upon what other people think.”
“But throughout my career, I’ve had to make some really hard calls when the performance hasn’t been there.”Danny said Rocky was more concerned about taking care of the business and less about how he took care of business. Attendance at Hawks home games topped 20,000 per game for 12 seasons but fell to about 17,000 last year., ticket sales shot up. The Hawks also credit flexible and creative new options for ticket buying, but they’re a technological pain.“The fact that people can buy Original Six packages, they can buy Friday night packages, these are great ways to purchase tickets,” Danny said. “Sounds very simple, but actually it’s kind of complicated from a back-end standpoint.
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