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Sam Nazarian
Sam Nazarian (Persian: سام نظریان; born 1975) is an Iranian American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of SBE Entertainment Group, a lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages, and operates hotels, restaurants, and nightclubs globally.
In 2023, Nazarian expanded his ventures by launching HQ Hotels & Residences, a hospitality brand in alliance with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. In 2024, Nazarian worked with Tony Robbins to open a hotel brand called The Estate.
Nazarian was born in 1975 into a Persian Jewish family in Tehran, Iran. He is the son of Younes Nazarian, an entrepreneur who built a construction empire in Iran before fleeing to the United States following the Islamic Revolution of 1979. They settled in Beverly Hills, California. Younes co-founded Omninet and became a major shareholder of Qualcomm.
Sam Nazarian attended Beverly Hills High School, graduating in 1993, and later studied at the University of Southern California. After donating $200,000 to the Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni Association, the Beverly Hills High School basketball court was renamed Sam Nazarian Court.
In 2002, he founded SBE Entertainment Group, focusing on hospitality ventures.
Under Nazarian's leadership, SBE expanded to include brands such as SLS Hotels, Hyde Lounge, and Katsuya. Katsuya is a partnership with master sushi chef Katsuya Uechi and French designer Philippe Starck, which has an initial location in Los Angeles and expanded into locations in Bahamas, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates.
In 2020, he sold the remaining 50% stake of SBE's hotel platform to Accor Hotels but retained its food and beverage operations.
In December 2014, the Nevada Gaming Control Board conducted a background check on Nazarian to get a Las Vegas gaming license for the SLS Las Vegas hotel. The report resulted in a conditional one-year gaming license and led to SLS Las Vegas being sold to Stockbridge Capital in 2015. In 2015, Nazarian was in a lawsuit over the SLS South Beach hotel in Miami which was heading towards a trial in 2017.
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Sam Nazarian
Sam Nazarian (Persian: سام نظریان; born 1975) is an Iranian American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of SBE Entertainment Group, a lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages, and operates hotels, restaurants, and nightclubs globally.
In 2023, Nazarian expanded his ventures by launching HQ Hotels & Residences, a hospitality brand in alliance with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. In 2024, Nazarian worked with Tony Robbins to open a hotel brand called The Estate.
Nazarian was born in 1975 into a Persian Jewish family in Tehran, Iran. He is the son of Younes Nazarian, an entrepreneur who built a construction empire in Iran before fleeing to the United States following the Islamic Revolution of 1979. They settled in Beverly Hills, California. Younes co-founded Omninet and became a major shareholder of Qualcomm.
Sam Nazarian attended Beverly Hills High School, graduating in 1993, and later studied at the University of Southern California. After donating $200,000 to the Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni Association, the Beverly Hills High School basketball court was renamed Sam Nazarian Court.
In 2002, he founded SBE Entertainment Group, focusing on hospitality ventures.
Under Nazarian's leadership, SBE expanded to include brands such as SLS Hotels, Hyde Lounge, and Katsuya. Katsuya is a partnership with master sushi chef Katsuya Uechi and French designer Philippe Starck, which has an initial location in Los Angeles and expanded into locations in Bahamas, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates.
In 2020, he sold the remaining 50% stake of SBE's hotel platform to Accor Hotels but retained its food and beverage operations.
In December 2014, the Nevada Gaming Control Board conducted a background check on Nazarian to get a Las Vegas gaming license for the SLS Las Vegas hotel. The report resulted in a conditional one-year gaming license and led to SLS Las Vegas being sold to Stockbridge Capital in 2015. In 2015, Nazarian was in a lawsuit over the SLS South Beach hotel in Miami which was heading towards a trial in 2017.