David A. Siegel dies at 89

Westgate Resorts announced with great sadness the passing of its founder and executive chairman, David Siegel, on April 5, 2025. He was 89.

Siegel was born May 3, 1935, to Sadelle and Sid Siegel, a grocer, who moved the family and grocery business to Miami in 1945. Siegel grew up in Florida where he graduated from Miami Senior High School in 1953, and later studied marketing and management at the University of Miami, before dropping out.

Siegel established Westgate Resorts in 1982 with its first property on an orange grove he owned in Kissimmee, Fla., and it has since become the largest privat...