David Grutman is an owner and partner in several Miami-based restaurants and night clubs.

Rolling Stone magazine has listed Grutman as one of the 50 most important people in electronic dance music.

[3] He graduated from Barron G. Collier High School in 1993,[4] and holds a degree in finance from the University of Florida.

[7] Grutman subsequently opened the club Story in 2013, followed by the restaurant Komodo,[3] the café OTL,[8] the restaurant Planta South Beach,[9] and the Swan and Bar Bevy, in which Pharrell is also a partner.

[10] In 2018, Grutman founded Groot Hospitality as a holding company for his ventures.