David Grutman is an owner and partner in severalMiami-based restaurants and night clubs.Rolling Stone magazine has listed Grutman as one of the 50 most important people inelectronic dance music.[2]
Grutman opened the nightclubLIV at theFontainebleau Miami Beach hotel in 2008, and it was the fifth highest grossing nightclub in the United States in 2014.[7] Grutman subsequently opened the club Story in 2013, followed by the restaurant Komodo,[3] the café OTL,[8] the restaurant Planta South Beach,[9] and the Swan and Bar Bevy, in whichPharrell is also a partner.[10]
In 2018, Grutman founded Groot Hospitality as a holding company for his ventures. In 2019, he sold a majority stake in the company toLive Nation Entertainment.[11]
