George J. Maloof, Jr. Biography

George Joseph Maloof, Jr. (born September 2, 1964), is an American entrepreneur and businessman. He is the former owner of the Sacramento Kings, the former owner of the now defunct Sacramento Monarchs, and minority owner of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas with his brothers Gavin Maloof, Joe Maloof, Phil Maloof and sister Adrienne Maloof. He is part of the Maloof Family.

Life and career

Maloof is of Lebanese and Irish descent. He was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico where his father, George Sr., operated a Coors beer distributorship. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he studied casino management. He graduated Class of 1987 and was a member of the Kappa-Alpha Chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. While at UNLV, Maloof played cornerback for the Runnin' Rebels football team. Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight was his locker mate.

Maloof is the leading force behind the building and operation of the Palms Casino Resort just off Flamingo Road in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has overseen the operation of hotels throughout the Southwest and California, including the Fiesta Casino Hotel in North Las Vegas, the Central Palace Casino in Central City, Colorado, and the Palms.

Maloof opened his first casino in Central City, Colorado before returning to Las Vegas to open the Fiesta Casino in 1994. He then built the 430-room Palms resort in 2001 with $265 million in family money. The boutique hotel, which boasts more than $50 million in annual profits, boasts stripper poles in private rooms, the Real World Suite (home to MTV's reality series) and an emphasis on hiring beautiful women. "If you have the girls, you are going to get the guys," Maloof once said. The Palms has hosted the MTV Video Music Awards, NBA All-Star weekend and the Ocean's 13 premiere.

Maloof has very strong ties with the Las Vegas community. Maloof remains busy on several fronts. The family helped finance the horror flick Feast. All the Maloofs are members of the Screen Actors Guild and hope to become major players in the film industry with Phil Maloof leading the pack in that effort. The four brothers have also filmed a series of Carl's Jr. commercials, which began airing on Oct. 16, 2006. "It was a real challenge to film these commercials. We had to bite into these cold hamburgers and we did about a hundred takes. I kept spitting out these hamburgers. ... I need a hot hamburger." George Maloof said.

On October 9 2010, George Maloof was arrested for DUI in Vegas late Saturday night. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Maloof was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center for DUI, speeding, making an illegal left turn, driving without a valid license and having no proof of insurance.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	We Made You	Himself	Music video by Eminem
2007	Sunset Tan	Himself	1 episode: "When the Cats Away"
2007	Reunited: Real World Las Vegas	Himself	Multiple Episodes
2005	Feast	Executive Producer
2005	The Girls Next Door	Himself - owner/operator of The Palms	1 episode: "It's Vegas Baby!"
2003"2004	Las Vegas (TV series)	Himself	2 episodes
2003	Project Greenlight 3	Himself	TV Series (unknown episodes)
2004	The Palms Girl Search	Himself	Also producer
2003	The E! True Hollywood Story	Himself	1 episode: "Real World"