He is the founder and chairman of the Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation (MARC), a privately owned international hospitality company based in Mayfair, London.
[2] He also bought ownership of The Square restaurant from co-owners, chef patron Phil Howard and wine expert Nigel Platts-Martin, in March 2016 for US$4 million.
[2] In Manhattan, New York City, he owned another restaurant called A Voce,[1] which closed.
[7] In 2014, Marlon Abela acquired the historical wine merchant OW Loeb.
[9] Abelas's company said in January 2018 "O.W.Loeb intends to honour its commitments to their clients and is in the process of doing so.
"[7] The company relocated to the MARC head office in Mayfair with new senior personnel, and said that Abela was "looking forward to implementing new strategies".