Danny Meyer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Danny Meyer
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Mar 14, 1958(1958-03-14)
Age	66
Country	United States
Birth City	Missouri
Horoscope	Pisces

Danny Meyer Biography

Danny Meyer is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on March 14, 1958 in Missouri, United States. A restaurateur from Missouri, he is best recognized as the chief executive for the Union Square Hospitality Group.

He received an award called the He was given the James Beard Foundation Restaurateur of the Year Award in 2005. Foundation Restaurateur of the Year Award in the year 2005.

Meyer was born and raised in a reform Jewish family in St. Louis, where he attended John Burroughs School. As a child Meyer attended Camp Nebagamon for boys in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin. During college Meyer worked for his father as a tour guide in Rome and then returned to Rome to study international politics. Meyer was a Brother of Alpha Delta Phi while at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. After graduating from Trinity in 1980 with a degree in political science, Meyer worked in Chicago as Cook County Field Director for John Anderson’s 1980 independent presidential campaign. Meyer later gained his first restaurant experience in 1984 as an assistant manager at Pesca, an Italian seafood restaurant in the Flatiron District of New York City. He then returned to Europe to study cooking as a culinary stagiaire in both Italy and Bordeaux.

In 1985, at age 27, Meyer opened his first restaurant. Meyer’s other restaurants and businesses include Gramercy Tavern, Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard, Shake Shack, The Modern, Cafe 2 and Terrace 5 at MoMA, Maialino at the Gramercy Park Hotel, Untitled at the North End Grill, Marta, Porchlight, GreenRiver, Union Square Events, and Hospitality Quotient. Union Square Events, USHG’s catering division, operates several concessions at major sports facilities (Shake Shack, Blue Smoke, El Verano Taqueria, Box Frites, and Papa Rosso) including the Mets Citi Field, Saratoga Race Course, and Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.

He has four children: Peyton, Hallie, Charles and Gretchen.

Danny Meyer Net Worth

Danny Meyer is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Danny Meyer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His first restaurant experience was in Pesca, an Italian seafood establishment Pesca which was where he was the assistant chef.

He won the Readers Digest Award for Best Restaurateur in 2005.

Daniel Meyer (born March 14, 1958) is a New York City restaurateur and the Chief Executive Officer of the Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Danny Meyer Dating?

According to our records, Danny Meyer married to Audrey Meyer. As of December 1, 2023, Danny Meyer’s is not dating anyone.

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In late 2011, Union Square Hospitality group sold Eleven Madison Park to its chef Daniel Humm and front-of-house director Will Guidara.

Facts & Trivia

Danny Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Danny Meyer celebrates birthday on March 14 of every year.

Top Facts about Danny Meyer

1. Daniel Meyer is the Founder & Executive Chairman of Union Square Hospitality Group.
2. He was born in a reform Jewish family in St. Louis, Missouri.
3. He attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and received a degree in political science.
4. Daniel Meyer opened his first restaurant, Union Square Cafe, in 1985 at the age of 27.
5. He co-wrote The Union Square Cafe Cookbook and Second Helpings from Union Square Cafe.
6. His restaurants have won 28 James Beard Foundation Awards.
7. Four Union Square Hospitality Group restaurants have earned three stars from The New York Times.
8. He participated in a documentary called “The Restaurateur”.
9. He eliminated tipping at his restaurants in 2015.
10. He closed all his restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
11. He criticized other businesses for opening before a vaccine was available.
12. He received a Paycheck Protection Program loan between $11.4 and $27 million.
13. He has served on the boards of Share Our Strength and City Harvest.
14. He was interviewed by Reid Hoffman on the Masters of Scale podcast.
15. He married Audrey Rayelyn Heffernan in 1988.