Still enjoying ride of his life


Sunday, 06 May 2007


In his 34th year in the amusement park business, Dick Kinzel pulled off the biggest deal of his life last summer.

He put his company, Cedar Fair LP, heavily into debt to secure its future by buying five Paramount- branded amusement parks in a $1.2 billion cash deal with CBS Corp. It catapulted Cedar Fair from a regional theme park owner into the big leagues.

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