Tao Group Hospitality

Tao Group Hospitality is an American restaurant and nightlife conglomerate founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York City. The group, whose roots can be traced to as early as 2000, presently owns and operates restaurants, nightclubs, dayclubs, private event venues, and food delivery services under 44 brands.

Tao can trace its roots to the partnerships of Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg's marketing firm Strategic Group, which also owned the Chelsea, Manhattan nightclub Marquee, with Marc Packer and Rich Wolf's Tao Asian Bistro, with who Strategic Group often hosted events. All four were partners in Tao's first location and nightclub outside of New York City, located at The Venetian in Las Vegas, which opened in 2005, incorporating as Tao Group Hospitality officially in 2009. In 2017, Tao sold 62.5% of their business to James L. Dolan through his Madison Square Garden Entertainment corporation for $181 million, which they would later sell to PokerStars founder Mark Scheinberg's Mohari Hospitality investment firm for $550 million in 2023, though not before acquiring the Hakkasan Group in 2021 and merging it into Tao.

With its venues frequently known as being celebrity hotspots, Tao's venues are known for their dramatic designs dripping in layered details. The group also boasts lucrative revenue figures, with Tao Asian Bistro's Las Vegas location in particular frequently ranking as the highest grossing restaurant in the United States by revenue. In addition to Tao, Marquee, and Hakkasan, the Tao Group also owns and operates the restaurants Beauty & Essex, Lavo, Cathédrale, Yautcha, and Ling Ling, and the nightclubs Omnia, Jewel, the Highlight Room, PHD, and Little Sister Lounge.