Former International Game Technology chairman and philanthropist Charles “Chuck” Mathewson was remembered Friday as a visionary who set the slot manufacturer on a trajectory to new heights.
Mathewson died at his Reno home Sunday [October 24] with his family by his side. He was 93.
“Chuck lived an exciting and successful life as a veteran, businessman, philanthropist, and friend to everyone he met,” his family wrote in a statement issued Friday.
Mathewson chaired IGT’s board of directors from 1986 to 2003 and is widely credited for steering the company from a small, Reno-based gaming manufacturer to an industry giant. He was inducted into the American Gaming Association’s Gaming Hall of Fame in 1997 in a class of two — his co-inductee was Frank Sinatra.
