Benzinga | Sep 13, 2021 02:16PM EDT

Cedar Fair Appoints Ty Tastepe As Chief Information Officer

* Owner and operator of amusement parks, Cedar Fair L.P. (NYSE:FUN) has appointed Ty Tastepe for the newly created role of senior vice president and chief information officer.

* Tastepe will be based at the company's office in Charlotte, North Carolina, and report to President and Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Zimmerman.

* Before joining Cedar Fair, Tastepe served for over two years as senior vice president, chief information, and digital officer for Altar'd State, a fashion retailer based in Tennessee.

* Tastepe has an MBA from Villanova University and received bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Drexel University.

* Price Action: FUN shares are trading lower by 0.71% at $44.68 on the last check Monday.