CO-FOUNDER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR, PENDRY HOTELS & RESORTS
WHY: Co-founded and heads younger spinoff unit, which launched in 2017, under Montage International hospitality firm. Son of Alan Fuerstman.
IN THE NEWS: Led opening of Orange County’s first Pendry hotel in Newport Beach in September and oversaw development of 11K-squarefoot members-only space dubbed The Elwood Club, located in the left wing of the 295-room hotel next to Fashion Island. Plans to expand social club concept to all locations that can accommodate.
QUOTABLE: “It’s rare to find this much square footage that gives us the scale and enough space to create magic.”
