David Grutman
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Life and career
Grutman is from Naples, Florida and attended the University of Florida.[1] At age 21, he moved to Miami, Florida and worked as a bartender in South Beach.[2] Next, he worked in marketing at firms Tantra and the Opium Group.[3] He is the CEO and operating partner of Miami Marketing Group (MMG), which he co-founded in 2008.[4][5] MMG became MMG Nightlife after Grutman was asked to run the nightclub in Jeff Soffer’s billion dollar revamping of the Fontainebleu Hotel.[1] The 18,000 square foot hotel nightclub was named LIV.[3] Grutman reportedly discovered Electronic dance music (EDM) in Ibiza and began playing it at LIV, which helped take the club from $25 million to $40 million in revenue and positioned it as one of the foundational mainstream EDM venues in the United States.[6] By 2013, the nightclub was the 5th most profitable nightclub in the United States, making between $45 and $60 million that year.[7] In addition to LIV, Grutman owns the nightclub Story in South Beach, Oro Nightclub at the Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and the LIV Sun Life Stadium.[3][4] In 2014, Rolling Stone magazine listed Grutman on their 50 Most Important People in EDM, ranking him at number 11.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goodman, Marc. “David Grutman’s 24-Hour Market.” Ocean Drive. Oct. 26, 2010
- ↑ Kearney, Bill. “On the Town with David Grutman.” Ocean Drive. Feb. 22, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “Best Nightlife Impresario 2013: David Grutman.” Miami New Times
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Morris, David. “Meet the King of Miami’s Nightlife, Dave Grutman.” Ask Men
- ↑ Sevdalis, Sydney. “International Music Festival Announces Worldwide Search for New Industry Visionaries.” Your EDM. Mar. 9, 2015
- ↑ Brown, August. “IMS Engage: Chuck D, Seth Troxler and Kaskade on the state of EDM.” The LA Times. April 16, 2015
- ↑ Pajot, S. “Ultra’s Russell Faibisch, LIV’s Dave Grutman namedto 50 most important people in EDM list.” Miami New Times. Mar. 18, 2014
- ↑ Castillo, Arielle, Andrea Domanick and Michaelangelo Matos. “50 Most Important People in EDM.” Rolling Stone Magazine. Mar. 17, 2014
