| 词条 | Michael Dorf (entrepreneur) |
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| name = Michael Dorf | image = | image_size = 220px | birth_date = | birth_place = Milwaukee, WI | occupation = Entrepreneur, Businessman, Concert Promoter, Philanthropist | years_active = 1985 - Present | spouse = Sarah Connors | children = Elias and Zachary(Twins), Sophia | website = www.michaeldorf.com }} Michael Dorf is an American entrepreneur. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he founded the Knitting Factory, a New York City music performance venue, and City Winery, a chain of restaurants that feature live music and wine.[1] Dorf is also a philanthropist who hosts many charity events and donates the proceeds of his tribute concerts at Carnegie Hall to various charities and a relentless self-promoter. CareerKnitting Factory eraIn 1986, at the age of 23, Dorf started the Knitting Factory in the East Village.[2] The Knitting Factory later became a widely known club for jazz and rock music. A spin-off entertainment company, KnitMedia, eventually established Knitting Factory Records.[3] KnitMedia promoted a number of music festivals, including the "What is Jazz Festival."[4] In 1996, Dorf founded the Digital Club Network with partner Andrew Rasiej. During this time they also started the Macintosh Music Festival which became the first live concert streaming.{{cn|date=August 2017}} In 1998 they had 250,000 users watching the concert live.[5] The business grew and was eventually acquired by eMusic Group. 2002 was a tough year for the Knitting Factory following the September 11 attacks, resulting in a significant reduction of staff. By 2003 Dorf had diluted himself out of a controlling position in the company.[6] Post Knitting FactoryDorf started Tribeca Hebrew as an after-school program for his two boys and several other friends. In 2004, he rented a small storefront in Tribeca and brought in other families to help fund the school, which quickly grew to 120 kids under his leadership as the Chairman in the first two years. In 2009, the school merged with JCP.[7] City WineryIn 2008, Dorf started City Winery.[8] on June 4, 2017 the MSNBC company generated over $1 million in profits.[9] Since City Winery's inception in 2008, Dorf has expanded the company to five cities which include New York, Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, and Boston.[10] While City Winery is a concert venue as well as a restaurant, it is also a fully functioning winery, with its New York City location producing around 9,000 cases of wine a year.[11] City Winery has not been without its missteps, with a failure of its Napa Valley location, which Dorf attributed to Napa's lack of urban environment central to the City Winery theme.[12] However, in 2018 he made a deal to purchase the Montgomery Worsted Mills building in Montgomery, New York, in a rural area of Orange County, and turn it into another location.[13] Besides City Winery, Dorf has also opened another restaurant in New York City called City Vineyard. While City Vineyard at Pier 26 has ties to City Winery, it's a stand alone restaurant that does not make wine like its sibling restaurants.[14] City Winery is similar to its predecessor, Riverwalk in Chicago, which is also tied to City Winery.[15] PhilanthropyDorf is chairman of Labshul, a non profit organization which defines itself as "everybody friendly, God-optional, and an experimental community gathering" in NYC for primarily Jewish individuals and families.[16] Dorf is also a board member of the American Symphony Orchestra.[17] He is on the boards of The Jewish Week[18] and Newport Festivals, the parent organization of both the Newport Jazz Festival and the Newport Folk Festival.[19] Michael Dorf PresentsDorf has produced a number of tribute concerts at Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theater, Central Park summer stage, Lincoln Center, The Beacon Theatre. To date, he has honored:[20] {{div col|colwidth=22em}}
Personal lifeDorf has two siblings, Julie Dorf and Josh Dorf, and is the eldest of them. On October 6th, 1991, Michael married Sarah Connors. The couple has three children, a set of twins Eli and Zach, and a younger daughter Sophia.[21] References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Gensler|first1=Andy|title=City Winery CEO Michael Dorf on Expanding His $40 Million Business and Why Older Fans Just Want a Place to Sit|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6785666/city-winery-michael-dorf-interview|accessdate=6 October 2016|publisher=Billboard|date=December 4, 2015}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/242494|title=How This Entrepreneur Reworked His Business Idea in the Face of Financial Armageddon|last1=Hochwald|first1=Lambeth|date=February 27, 2015|accessdate=6 October 2016|publisher=Entrepreneur}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/201405/paul-keegan/how-michael-dorf-made-city-winery-successful.html|title=From New York to Napa: Meet the Man Behind City Winery|last1=Dorf|first1=Michael|date=May 2014|accessdate=6 October 2016|publisher=Inc.}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83030608/1994-06-08/ed-1/seq-16/|title=Something for everyone in "What is Jazz Festival"|last=Hicks|first=Robert|date=1994|work=The villager|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/15/arts/the-pop-life-on-the-rise-and-on-line.html|title=THE POP LIFE; On the Rise And on Line|last=Strauss|first=Neil|date=1999-07-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-07-31|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} 6. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6785666/city-winery-michael-dorf-interview|title=City Winery CEO Michael Dorf on Expanding His $40 Million Business and Why Older Fans Just Want a Place to Sit|last=Gensler|first=Andy|date=|work=Billboard|access-date=2017-08-01|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.michaeldorf.com/projects|title=Tribeca Hebrew|last=Dorf|first=Michael|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danreich/2014/06/03/how-this-former-internet-entrepreneur-is-building-a-wine-empire/#682e4d0d51b4|title=How This Former Internet Entrepreneur Is Building A Wine Empire|last=Reich|first=Dan|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-07-31}} 9. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.com/your-business/watch/city-winery-a-chain-of-restaurants-featuring-wine-live-music-958679619629|title=City Winery a chain of restaurants featuring wine & live music|work=MSNBC|access-date=2017-08-11}} 10. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/blog/2017/06/14/city-winery-boston-september-shows/|title=City Winery Opens in Boston This Fall|last=Jacqueline|first=Cain|date=June 14, 2017|work=Boston Magazine|access-date=2017-07-31|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://marketwatchmag.com/city-winery-may-2016/|title=City Winery’s Unique Blend –|website=Market Watch|language=en|access-date=2017-08-03}} 12. ^{{Citation|last=City Winery|title=City Winery's Michael Dorf featured on MSNBC "Your Busniess"|date=2017-06-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pugnz_JSqiY|accessdate=2017-07-31}} 13. ^{{cite news|last=Axelrod|first=Daniel|title=$5M winery complex planned for Montgomery|url=http://www.recordonline.com/news/20180814/5m-winery-complex-planned-for-montgomery|newspaper=Times-Herald Record|date=August 15, 2018|accessdate=August 16, 2018}} 14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://tribecacitizen.com/2016/07/28/new-kid-on-the-block-city-vineyard/|title=Tribeca Citizen {{!}} New Kid on the Block: City Vineyard|website=Tribeca Citizen|access-date=2017-07-31}} 15. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/wine/ct-drink-wine-in-a-dome-along-the-riverwalk-20170228-story.html|title=Drink wine in a dome along the Riverwalk|last=Kindelsperger|first=Nick|work=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2017-08-01|language=en-US}} 16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://labshul.org/about-labshul/the-team/|title=Board of Directors|last=Rabbi|first=Amichai|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 17. ^{{Cite web|url=http://americansymphony.org/about/board-of-directors/|title=American Symphony Board of trustees|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 18. ^{{Cite news|url=http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/david-brozas-jerusalems/|title=David Broza’s Jerusalems|last=Brawarsky|first=Sandee|date=|work=Jewish Week|access-date=2017-08-08|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}} 19. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.newportfestivals.org/our-mission/|title=What We Do|website=Newport Festivals Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-08}} 20. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.michaeldorf.com/events|title=Events|last=Dorf|first=Michael|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 21. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/nyregion/all-together-now-eyes-on-the-screen.html|title=All Together Now, Eyes on the Screen|last=Leland|first=John|date=2014-01-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-08-01|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} External links
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