Eric Benaim & Ian schrager NYC nightlife in the 90s.

Name: Eric Benaim & Ian schrager NYC nightlife in the 90s.
Uploaded: 2026-02-11T12:50:05+00:00
Duration: 10 s
Channel: Nadav Benedek
Description: In this interview segment, the host asks a young nightlife promoter about the most impressive figure they encountered while throwing major parties in…

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In this interview segment, the host asks a young nightlife promoter about the most impressive figure they encountered while throwing major parties in 1990s New York City. The guest highlights Ian Schrager as a lasting source of inspiration, noting Schrager’s role as co‑founder of the iconic Studio 54 with Steve Rubell and his later pioneering of the boutique‑hotel concept after leaving the club scene. The exchange underscores Schrager’s lasting impact on the city’s nightlife culture and hospitality innovation.

You're 16, 17, working in nightlife. You're throwing the biggest parties in New York City in the '90s. Who was the most impressive person you met?
Actually, there's one person who I looked up to back then that I still look up to is Ian Schrager. So Ian Schrager was the founder of Studio 54, and he founded it with Steve Rubell. And then they got out of that, and he basically, after he got out of Studio 54, he basically invented boutique hotels.