Stein Kruse ~ President and Chief Executive Officer

Stein Kruse is president and chief executive officer for Holland America Line Inc. and Windstar Cruises, both units of Carnival Corporation & plc. Kruse reports to Micky Arison, chairman & CEO, and Howard Frank, vice chairman & COO, Carnival Corporation & plc.

Kruse joined Holland America Line in 1999 as senior vice president, fleet operations with overall responsibility for all Holland America Line’s and Windstar Cruises’ operations. In 2003, Kruse was appointed to president and chief operating officer and became president and chief executive officer on December 1, 2004.

Kruse joined Holland America Line from “K” Line America, where he was senior vice president and chief financial officer, responsible for all finance, accounting, budgetary, legal, information systems, human resources and administrative areas, as well as all financial activities in seven U.S. subsidiary companies for this global Japanese shipping company. He served on the company’s board of directors.

Prior to that, Kruse held executive positions in the cruise industry. He was executive vice president and chief operating officer for Radisson Seven Seas Cruises and president and CEO for Seven Seas Cruise Line.

He is a former vice chairman of CLIA - Cruise Lines International Association and presently serves as a director on the board of the United States Coast Guard Foundation and ICCL, the International Council of Cruise Lines. Kruse, a native of Oslo, Norway, holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. He is married to Linda and they have two children - Victoria and Alexander. The Kruse family resides in Bellevue, Washington.