Daniel "Danny" Meyer (born March 14, 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a New York City restaurateur and the CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG).
Meyer was born and raised in St. Louis, where he attended John Burroughs School. Meyer worked for his father as a tour guide in Rome during college, and then returned to Rome to study international politics. After graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1980 with a degree in Po...
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Daniel "Danny" Meyer (born March 14, 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a New York City restaurateur and the CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG).
Meyer was born and raised in St. Louis, where he attended John Burroughs School. Meyer worked for his father as a tour guide in Rome during college, and then returned to Rome to study international politics. After graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut 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 27, he began his career as a restaurateur by opening Union Square Cafe.
Meyer lives in New York City with his wife, Audrey, and their four...
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