Native New Yorker Noah Tepperberg’s influence in the hospitality world is international. As a visionary leader, he and his partners have originated some of the most successful and innovative nightclub and restaurant brands of the past 20 years including Marquee, Tao, Lavo, Beauty & Essex, Cathédrale, Koma, and Avenue.
Noah Tepperberg’s Career
In 1997, entrepreneurs Tepperberg and Jason Strauss started a full-service marketing, special events, public relations, and consumer promotions company that grew a roster of Fortune 500 clients including Coca-Cola, LVMH, and Playstation. After finding early success in the marketing and events industry, the young partners sold their marketing company to focus on their hospitality business. The duo opened Marquee nightclub in New York City in 2003, which rapidly became the epicenter of the worldwide nightlife scene. Along with Tao co-founders Marc Packer and Rich Wolf, the foursome opened Tao at the Venetian Las Vegas shortly followed by Lavo Las Vegas. Coming off the launch of these two successful venues - Tepperberg, Strauss, Packer, and Wolf officially formed Tao Group in 2009. Tao Group expanded its reach over the years in Vegas and New York and opened additional venues in Chicago, Los Angeles, Sydney, and Singapore including indelible nightclubs, restaurants, and hotels. With the record success of Tao Group, Tepperberg and Strauss were honored by Harvard Business School in March 2009 with a published case study about the dynamic duo’s myriad of businesses entitled “Marquee – The Business of Nightlife.”
In February 2017, Tepperberg and his partners announced a first-of-its-kind deal to sell a majority stake in Tao Group to The Madison Square Garden Company. Tepperberg and Strauss retained a substantial stake in the organization and stayed on to operate the company day-to-day. In 2021, shortly after being named Co-CEOs of Tao Group Hospitality, the two orchestrated the acquisition of the Hakkasan Group adding brands like Omnia, Yauatcha, Ling Ling, Wet Republic, Herringbone, and others to their portfolio creating a global hospitality powerhouse. The newly combined company now operates over 80 branded restaurants, nightclubs, lounges, and daylife locations in over 20 markets across four continents and features a collection of widely recognized hospitality brands. In April of 2023, after a successful 6-year partnership with MSGE, Tepperberg and Strauss once again sold a majority stake in Tao Group to Mohari Hospitality, a global investment firm focusing on luxury hospitality while remaining as Co-CEOs and part owners.
After graduating from Stuyvesant High School, Tepperberg earned a BBA degree in Business Management from the University of Miami and currently resides in New York City with his wife and two children.