Notar is the managing partner of Nobu restaurants.

Richie Notar was a 16-year-old from Jamaica, Queens when he landed a job as a busboy at Studio 54. He spent the next few years partying with the best of them, gobbling down Quaaludes by the fistful, he says, and getting high with the likes of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Following the demise of the club—and after Studio 54 founders Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell were released from prison on tax charges—Notar returned to work with the duo, helping them open the Morgans Hotel, where Notar served as the room service manager. Following stints at the Paramount Hotel and 44, he took a job working for Drew Nieporent at his restaurant East Hampton Point. In 1994, Notar helped Nieporent open the original Nobu with superstar chef Nobu Matsuhisa. Today, Notar is both a partner in the venture as well as responsible for the resto's day-to-day operations and overseeing various iterations of Nobu across the globe. [Image via Getty]