Sam Nazarian
Sam Nazarian brings entrepreneurial instinct, cultural acumen and considerable business experience to his role as founder and CEO of SBE Entertainment Group. Under his leadership, SBE and its affiliate divisions are the creative wellspring for sought-after lifestyle brands that bridge the interrelated worlds of modern hospitality, real estate development and film production.1
SINCE founding SBE Entertainment Group LLC in 2002, entrepreneur Sam Nazarian has made a name for himself as Hollywood’s foremost nightclub impresario. But the 31-year-old businessman, who left college to start a telecommunications firm, has been branching out.2
SINCE founding SBE Entertainment Group LLC in 2002, entrepreneur Sam Nazarian has made a name for himself as Hollywood’s foremost nightclub impresario. But the 31-year-old businessman, who left college to start a telecommunications firm, has been branching out.3
Hollywood’s New Moguls; Superrich Sidney Kimmel and Sam Nazarian are out to shake things up in Tinseltown. But will the old guard shake them down before they get the chance?4
The total wealth of Nazarian and his extended family is estimated at $1.5 billion to $2b. Typically, Nazarian does not figure his wealth in personal terms but as the total of his extended family’s holdings, including his brother Younes Nazarian, son-in-law Neil Kadisha and nephew Sam Nazarian, Tinseltown’s leading nightclub impresario.5
Night club owner, real estate entrepreneur and movie producer — it’s all in a day’s work for Sam Nazarian. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Nazarian has purchased the spec script, College, penned by first time scribes Dan Callahan and Adam Ellison.6