John Summit and Dave Grutman at LIV 2025

David Grutman is an owner and partner in several

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-based restaurants and night clubs. ''

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'' magazine has listed Grutman as one of the 50 most important people in

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Personal life

David was born and raised in

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to a

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family. He graduated from Barron G. Collier High School in 1993, and holds a degree in finance from the

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. He married Isabela Rangel in 2016.

Career

Grutman opened the nightclub LIV at the

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hotel in 2008, and it was the fifth highest grossing nightclub in the United States in 2014. Grutman subsequently opened the club Story in 2013, followed by the restaurant Komodo, the café OTL, the restaurant Planta South Beach, and the Swan and Bar Bevy, in which

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is also a partner. In 2018, Grutman founded Groot Hospitality as a holding company for his ventures. In 2019, he sold a majority stake in the company to

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References

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