Richard L. Kinzel (born July 25, 1940) is the former CEO of Cedar Fair Entertainment Company.
Richard Kinzel started out at Cedar Point as an employee but was transferred to Valleyfair in 1978 to run the newly acquired park.
His first major highlight was the installation of Magnum XL-200, a hypercoaster at Cedar Point that was intended to draw more crowds to the park.
In 1992, Cedar Fair made their first acquisition with Dick Kinzel as CEO; Dorney Park was acquired from Harris Weinstein.
Six Flags Worlds of Adventure was acquired by Cedar Fair in 2004, and all Looney Tunes and DC Comics theming, walk around character costumes and souvenirs were either removed or destroyed upon completion of the sale.