Ken Epstein charts the course of the El Cortez Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. By David McKee
Following in the footsteps of a legend can’t be easy but that is what El Cortez Hotel & Casino CEO Ken Epstein has dared to do. In 2007, he purchased the venerable property from omnipresent Downtown mover and shaker Jackie Gaughan. It’s been Las Vegas’ longest-operating casino since its debut November 7, 1941, a month before Pearl Harbor.