Brandon Willey

Pat Ciniello

Logan Checketts

Stan Checketts, the innovator behind the Big Shot atop the Stratosphere in Las Vegas (at one time the highest ride in the world), has delivered a ridership of more than a billion people. Since 2010, he’s been creating the Soaring Eagle Zipline and other rides. Stan started the new venture after the 2009 sale of a company he started back in 1994 (S&S Sports, Inc., now S&S-Sansei Technologies). The sale was to focus on a new venture — Soaring Eagle Zipline, Inc., which became known as Soaring Eagle Rides when it started developing more products.