Piers Adam

Piers Benedict Adam (born March 1964) is a British businessman, the owner of London nightclubs Mahiki and Whisky Mist, and the co-owner of Mayfair's The Punch Bowl with Guy Ritchie.[1]

Early life

Piers Adam was born in March 1964,[2] and grew up in north London, the son of David Adam, a lawyer, and Shirley, an art teacher.[3] He was educated at Highgate School and then Oxford Polytechnic, where he studied estate management, but failed.[3]

Career

In 2002, he went into partnership with restrauter Marco Pierre White and fellow club owner Oscar Owide, and they combined Swallow Street's Stork Club and Crazy Horse into a new club called the Stork Rooms, but it closed six months later.[4]

In 2014, Adam purchased the Craigellachie Hotel in the Moray village of Craigellachie.[5]

Personal life

Adam was the best man at Guy Ritchie's wedding to Madonna at Skibo Castle in 2000.[5]

Adam lives in Kensington with his long-term partner, model Sophie Vanacore, and their two sons.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Piers Adam". Tatler. 2016-02-11. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  2. ↑ "Piers Benedict ADAM - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  3. 1 2 Marianne Macdonald, ES Magazine. Photographs by Sam Pelly (2009-05-14). "Night riders: the men behind Mahiki | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  4. ↑ Beard, Matthew (7 January 2004). "Top chef's ex-business partner is fined over company law". The Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Roberts, Lesley. "London businessman Piers Adam reveals how he fell in love with a remote Scottish hotel - Scotland Now". Scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
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