Jorge Moreno is a Cuban-American musician and entrepreneur whose career has ranged from winner of the 2002 Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist,[1] 2003 Grammy Nominee for Best Latin Pop Album to television executive producer, restaurateur and boutique hotelier.]
His parents emigrated from Cuba to Miami Beach in 1958, during the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista; his father, Antonio "Tony" Moreno, was an influential executive producer, pioneer of Salsa music, and founder of MP Records.
[2] As a teenager, Moreno was instead more interested in punk and alternative American rock music, but in his late teens discovered classic Cuban artists such as Beny Moré.
[10] Moreno's more recent projects have led to positions such as head of production company Beach Pictures; creator and executive producer of reality series The Catalina;[11] co-founder of social media video app Videoo;[12] co-founder of Grand Havana Coffee Company;,[13] a publicly traded company (GHAV) and owner of Miami restaurants and bars, Mr. Wright's Gold Digger Saloon, Boho House and Moreno's Cuba, the latter called a "hidden gem" of South Beach by Miami New Times Magazine[14] and the Miami Herald.
Moreno has also entered the boutique hotel space with locations in Miami & the mountains of North Carolina.