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<\/p>\nIf it\u2019s fun, Topgolf\u2019s new CEO wants in. <\/p>\n
The Dallas-based \u201ceatertainment\u201d company announced Thursday that it had appointed David McKillips as its new leader, filling a role that had been open for several months. <\/p>\n
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David McKillips, formerly the CEO of Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company, was appointed the new CEO of Dallas-based Topgolf.<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Topgolf<\/p>\n
McKillips joins Topgolf after six years as the president and CEO of CEC Entertainment, best known as the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese. Before that, McKillips served in various executive roles at Six Flags and DC Comics, including being the associate publisher of MAD Magazine. He has also held leadership roles at Sea World and Sesame Place, the Sesame Street theme park.<\/p>\n
\u201cTopgolf is a brand I\u2019ve long admired; one that brings people together through unforgettable shared experiences no matter their level of interest in the game of golf,\u201d said McKillips in a release. \u201cI\u2019m honored to lead such a talented team that has and continues to expand the Player experience through unrivaled hospitality and innovative sports technology.\u201d<\/p>\n
McKillips\u2019 appointment comes after the former Topgolf Callaway Brands spun off Topgolf into its own company<\/a> through a majority-stake sale to private equity. <\/p>\n Topgolf Callaway Brands had long been looking to separate<\/a> through a sale or spin-off into separate public companies, but the departure of former CEO Artie Starrs in July<\/a> delayed the proceedings. Starrs now leads Harley-Davidson. <\/p>\n McKillips\u2019 tenure at Chuck E. Cheese was defined by leading the arcade and pizza company through the COVID pandemic, a global expansion and a financial restructuring.<\/p>\n Business Briefing<\/p>\n By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n He will start in his new role on Monday.<\/p>\n The Prosper-based company is expected to enhance the NTPGA\u2019s brand visibility and player development.<\/p>\n Clark\u2019s decision took place\u00a0during an investigation\u00a0by the U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn, New York, into One Team Partners, a company co-founded by the union in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If it\u2019s fun, Topgolf\u2019s new CEO wants in. The Dallas-based \u201ceatertainment\u201d company announced Thursday that it had appointed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,5407,19582,391,2256],"class_list":["post-171853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-golf","tag-local-companies","tag-people","tag-sports-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DOHCA3TKFVGI3M3YM7DNQKOCZQ.jpg\")
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