Biography:

George Shea is a cofounder of both Shea Communications, a New York City-based public relations firm, and of Major League Eating. He hosts MLE's main eating competition, Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Shea has also hosted many different live events, including NASCAR, boxing matches, and corporate gatherings. He is known for wearing his signature straw hat to Nathan's hot dog competitions. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Shea (Major League Eating), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.