Drew Nieporent

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Drew Nieporent is a New York City restaurateur. His company Myriad Restaurant Group owns and operates numerous restaurants, many of which are known for their celebrity clientele, and in some cases celebrity co-owners. Many of his restaurants are known for their difficulty in obtaining reservations. In an interview with Cigar Aficionado, Nierporent recalled once having to turn down Henry Kissinger.

Nieporent's Nobu and Nobu London both earned two coveted Michelin stars. The restaurants' partners are celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa and actor Robert De Niro.

Nieporent graduated in 1973 from Stuyvesant High School and in 1977 from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York with a degree from the School of Hotel Management. At Cornell, he was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society. His career began at New York's Maxwell's Plum and the historic Tavern on the Green.

As a teenager in 1972, Nieporent by chance met boxing great Muhammad Ali on the streets of Manhattan. The legend goes the future restauranteur pulled out a xeroxed copy of his birth certificate and asked the boxing great for an autograph, claiming he was "Howard Cosell's son!" Nieporent stated in a February 2007 NY Times article that Ali's autograph was his "prized possession."

recently seen going nuts on an ex-chef of his on how everybody who ever worked with him owes him. nearly getting himself kicked out of the beard awards because of his psycho rage and sense of grandeur.

[edit] Restaurants

Tribeca Grill with Robert De Niro, Rubicon with Robin Williams and Francis Ford Coppola, Nobu, Nobu London, Next Door Nobu, Nobu 57, Centrico, Pulse, The Coach House, Proof on Main, Montrachet.