Majestic Star Casino LLC

DON H. BARDEN is owner, chairman and CEO of Barden Companies, Inc., the Majestic Star Casino, Waycor Development Company and Namibia, Africa-based Barden International, Inc. In December 2001, Barden acquired the Fitzgeralds Casino Hotel with properties in Las Vegas, Mississippi and Colorado. His international conglomerate operates in the casino, real estate development, entertainment and automotive sales, service and manufacturing industries from his corporate headquarters in downtown Detroit. With a business career spanning more than 30 years, Barden is recognized as one of the top Black entrepreneurs in the country. He has guided Barden Companies and its affiliates from earnings of $600,000 to 2004 revenues of more than $372 million, making it one of the largest African-American-owned businesses in the country. Prior to establishing Barden Companies, Barden spent 20 years in Lorain, Ohio, where he became the first elected Black city councilman in Lorain history and served two terms before leaving to pursue other business endeavors.