Jon Davidson Cotay is a businessman, a certified University of Illinois nurse, a realtor, and a philanthropist. He started AKIRA in 2002 with Erikka Wang and Eric Hsueh, and has since seen it grow from a single women’s boutique in Bucktown to a 17-store chain & an international fashion website. In 2011, Jon was honored as one of Crain’s […]

Ever wonder what the most powerful leaders, business execs and celebrities keep on their desks? Well, we’re about to tell you. Our biweekly “What’s on My Desk” feature will take a look inside the offices and at the desks of the world’s most influential power players.

Actress and former Desperate Housewives star Nicollette Sheridan has leased her 2,731-square-foot Bel Air home for $12,500 per month. The hillside property features four bedrooms, four bathrooms and sits on 1.5 acres of land.

During yesterday’s halftime show of the LA Lakers vs. New Orleans Hornets game in Los Angeles, former NBA basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar launched a fundraising campaign for blood cancer research.

Larry Zinn the son of Warren Henry Zinn and is General Manager of Warren Henry Infiniti, Warren Henry Jaguar, and Warren Henry Volvo, divisions of Warren Henry Auto Group, South Florida’s premier luxury auto group. Celebrating their 37th anniversary, Warren Henry Auto Group is headquartered in Miami, Florida with nine South and Central Florida franchises […]

Kenneth Zankel is President and Co-owner of the Grove, the ever-growing group of social gathering cafes where guests enjoy music, American comfort food with signature flavors, drinks and uniquely beautiful interiors in four locations. Zankel pauses to let Haute Living know what he keeps nearby to keep the Grove Vision going!

The founders of Coastal Luxury Management, David Bernahl and Rob Weakley, will be expanding their festival/event/restaurant empire by taking over the former Towne space in Los Angeles to open a new restaurant concept.

Lab Art, the largest art gallery in the nation dedicated to street art, has officially become part of the Fred Segal family. The new location has opened inside Fred Segal Santa Monica at 500 Broadway and spans 2,000 square feet.

The Viceroy Hotel Group has collaborated with haute couture line Marchesa and luxe china line Lenox to create the ultimate wedding experience package. For $500,000, the happy couple-to-be will receive a Marchesa bridal gown including fittings and alterations by exclusive couture tailor Madame Paulette in New York, a complete Marchesa for Lenox china set, a 3-night destination wedding for up to 75 guests and more.

Jay-Z is adding a new job title to his resume! The hip-hop artist and entrepreneur became a sports agent this week, kicking off his latest venture with a premiere client — New York Yankees star Robinson Cano. Jay-Z recently launched his own sports management company, Roc Nation Sports, that will partner with another leading agency, […]

NEST Casa, owned by Haute 100 lister Sara Colombo, is presenting Terry O’Neill’s “It Girls & Boys,” an exhibition of his iconic 35-piece photography collection. The exhibition, which was curated by the Little Black Gallery London exclusively for NEST, will be on display beginning on April 7th and available for purchase until June 2013. The […]

It's official: Tom Hanks is a jack of all trades. The Hollywood star, currently making his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron's Lucky You, has been nominated for a Webby Award, which honors excellence on the internet.

It’s no secret to anyone that knows me that I have a huge Chipotle addiction, I eat there several times a week. It’s the freshest “fast food” that you can find when you’re in a rush in the middle of the day, and it’s absolutely delicious. Those first two sentences didn’t really have anything to […]

Consider Gerry McGovern a modern-day Renaissance man. As the Design Director of Land Rover and Range Rover, McGovern has helped define our concept of luxury, creating some of the most distinctive vehicles in the automobile industry in the process. However, he’s no ordinary gearhead; with a degree in industrial design, McGovern has grounded his revitalization […]

Senza Chicago (2873 North Broadway) is a gluten-free restaurant that has become an instant hit on the Chicago food scene. If you haven’t been there you should probably make plans to get there soon and see how they are changing the perception of gluten-free food one dish at a time. And if you can, how […]

With 42 units sold in four months, sales at the Viceroy Snowmass Residences are outpacing comparable markets in ski resort sales, Related Colorado announced today. The studio-to-four-bedroom units came to market in December, and have sold at a pace which officials expect will continue into the summer. “Out of all luxury hotel-affiliated residence projects in […]

  Jayna has been navigating the start-up world in various sales roles over the last decade.  Most recently, Jayna was Vice President of Business Development at Groupon (GRPN), where she grew and maintained their largest book of business, and was responsible at one point for as much as 25% of the entire company’s revenue.  She was […]