Editorial selection · Public-source profiles
The people building Miami’s business landscape
Meet 12 Miami business leaders across real estate, technology and hospitality, with sourced biographies, photographs and official project links.
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Real estate & development
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Dezer Development
Michael Dezer
Property ownership, redevelopment and family enterprise
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OKO Group · Aman
Vladislav Doronin
Residential, commercial and luxury hospitality development
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Crescent Heights · GFO Investments
Russell W. Galbut
Mixed-use development and hospitality
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eMerge Americas · Medina Capital
Manny Medina
Technology infrastructure, investment and entrepreneurship
Read the profileHospitality, travel & leisure
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Fontainebleau Development
Jeffrey Soffer
Hospitality, resorts and residential development
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Carnival Corporation · Miami HEAT
Micky Arison
Cruise travel, sports ownership and business leadership
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Groot Hospitality
David Grutman
Restaurants, nightlife and hospitality entrepreneurship
Read the profileA guide to Miami’s business landscape
Miami’s business landscape connects property development, travel, restaurants, cultural institutions and technology. This collection brings together 12 people with a documented connection to Greater Miami or South Florida. Each profile links to company biographies or institutional records, and distinguishes a person’s current role from the history of the organisation.
Use the industry links to begin with the subject that interests you, then follow the individual profile for projects, career context and further reading. A development business can be based in Miami while working elsewhere; a Miami Beach hospitality venue is geographically distinct from a Downtown office project. We keep those locations visible rather than use Miami as a catch-all label.
How the selection was researched
The editorial criteria are a clear regional connection, a verifiable leadership or founder role, substantive public information and an identifiable photograph. The selection covers different operating models rather than assigning a universal best-businessperson score. It includes family development companies, an investment and technology platform, a public travel company and consumer-facing hospitality groups.
Published company accounts can contain older wording. Where roles or timelines differ, the profiles prioritise the current leadership section and dated institutional material. Future completion dates remain described as published targets. The source links let readers check the underlying record and continue their own research into a particular organisation or development.
Read the business through its operating decisions
The profiles pair the documented career with practical context. A residential tower invites questions about ownership and service; a district raises questions about access and the mix of uses; a technology platform brings infrastructure and customer needs into view. A hotel or restaurant adds the repeated work of delivering a consistent experience.
These are routes into understanding a business, not conclusions about an individual’s private finances. Read related profiles together to compare approaches, and use the official project and institutional links for current details. The collection is available in English and Spanish, with the same people, factual dates and source records in both editions.
Sources & editorial method
The profiles use public corporate and institutional records. Inclusion does not imply an affiliation, interview or endorsement.
- Dezer Development: founder biography
- Bentley Motors: development collaboration
- Bentley Motors: Miami residences and published timetable
- Dezer Development: published project portfolio
- Related Group: founder and executive leadership
- LEADERS: Jon Paul Pérez, January 2026 interview
- PAMM: institutional history
- PAMM: December 2025 collection gift announcement
- OKO Group: company, headquarters and portfolio
- Aman: leadership and published expansion dates
- Dacra: Craig Robins official biography
- Dacra: company overview and development history
- Istituto Marangoni Miami: Craig Robins advisory profile
- Terra: company history and David Martin biography
- GFO Investments: Russell Galbut and project history
- CMC Group: company and founding date
- CMC Group: executive team
- Ugo Colombo: official biography
- Crescent Heights: leadership and capabilities
- Fontainebleau Development: Jeffrey Soffer biography
- Fontainebleau Development: business overview
- Fontainebleau Development: company history
- eMerge Americas: Manny Medina biography
- Verizon: Terremark acquisition completion, April 2011
- eMerge Americas: current platform and programmes
- Carnival Corporation: Micky Arison current biography
- Carnival Corporation: historical timeline
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Micky Arison
- Groot Hospitality: company history
- Groot Hospitality: David Grutman biography and partners
- FIU: David Grutman hospitality profile
- FIU: The David Grutman Experience course reporting
Source links checked . Read our editorial standards.
Photography & attribution
Derek Jensen (Tysto) · CC BY 2.0 · Resized and cropped for editorial presentation.
Gil Dezer · Dezer Development
Michael Dezer · Dezer Development
Jorge M. Pérez · Related Group
Vladislav Doronin · Gesi Schilling · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and cropped for editorial presentation.
Craig Robins · Dacra
David Martin · Terra
Ugo Colombo · Ugo Colombo official biography
Russell W. Galbut · GFO Investments
Jeffrey Soffer · Fontainebleau Development
Manny Medina · eMerge Americas
Micky Arison · Carnival Corporation
David Grutman · PRCarma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and cropped for editorial presentation.