From 1999-2003, he attended Kettering University, earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
From 2004-2006, he attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
It was unlikely that Sean McBurney would get into the gaming industry. He originally worked as an engineer at General Motors and didn't think much of casinos at all. Sean then went to Stanford University and was hired at Harrah's Entertainment as assistant to the president under Gary Loveman. He worked at several hotels in Las Vegas where he learned the Total Rewards system. Sean McBurney later became in charge of VIP programs for Caesars before becoming general manager of the company's flagship Caesars Palace.
Caesars Entertainment is one of the most diversified gaming entertainment providers in the world and the most geographically extensive U.S. casino-entertainment company. Since its founding in Reno, Nevada in 1937, Caesars Entertainment has grown through the development of new resorts, expansions and acquisitions. Caesars Entertainment resorts operate primarily under the Caesars®, Harrah's® and Horseshoe® brand names. The Caesars Entertainment portfolio also includes the Caesars Entertainment UK family of casinos.