Jonathan Mark Tisch (born December 7, 1953) is an American businessman. He is the CEO of American luxury hospitality company

Loews Hotels Loews Hotels is an American luxury hospitality company that owns or operates 26 hotels in the United States and Canada. Loews' hotels and resorts are located in major North American city centers and resort destinations. Headquartered in New Yor ...

. Tisch is also a trustee of

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

, and a board member of the

Tribeca Film Institute The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) is a year-round non-profit arts organization founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, based in New York. The Tribeca Film Institute was created in 2003 in the wake of September 11, 2001. TFI ta ...

. He is a co-owner, of the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

. He served as co-chairman of the 2014 NY/NJ Super Bowl host committee.

Career

Tisch was named chairman of Loews Hotels (a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Loews Corporation Loews Corporation is an American conglomerate headquartered in New York City. The company's majority-stake holdings include CNA Financial Corporation, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, Loews Hotels and Altium Packaging. Th ...

) in 1989. Tisch initiated the Loews Hotels

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over 20 years ago, one of the first of its kind in the hospitality industry. Tisch serves as Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. Travel Association, the national non-profit association representing all segments of the multibillion-dollar travel industry. For six years, he served as Chairman of

NYC & Company NYC & Company is New York City’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organization. The not-for-profit quasi-agency's mission is to maximize opportunities for travel and tourism in New York City Tourism is travel for pleasure or bus ...

, the city's official tourism marketing agency and convention and visitors bureau. In the aftermath of September 11, Tisch served as Chairman of New York Rising, a task force set committed to reviving tourism in New York City. Crain's New York Business named Tisch one of the "Top Ten Most Influential Business Leaders" and he was named "CEO of the Year" by the Executive Council of New York in 2006. He is a co-owner of the

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. He also serves on the board of directors of the New York Giants and is the team's Treasurer. In 2010, Tisch joined Jets owner Woody Johnson as co-chairs of the bid committee established to bring

Super Bowl XLVIII Super Bowl XLVIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos and National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for th ...

to the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, which happened in 2014 when the Super Bowl was played at

MetLife Stadium MetLife Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, 5 mi (8 km) west of New York City. Opened in 2010 to replace Giants Stadium, it serves as the home for the New York Giants an ...

Books

Tisch is the author of three books that explore his leadership philosophy, the role of the customer experience, and civic engagement: ''The Power of We: Succeeding Through Partnerships'', '' Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough: Reinventing the Customer Experience'', and ''Citizen You: Doing Your Part to Change the World''.

Media

He is the host of ''Beyond the Boardroom with Jonathan Tisch'', where he interviews American businesspeople. In 2008, Tisch co-founded Walnut Hill Media, LLC, a separate, privately held company investing in a variety of media opportunities. Through Walnut Hill Media, Tisch is a minority investor in Tribeca Enterprises.

Philanthropy

Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival

Tisch served as the Vice-Chairman of The Welfare to Work Partnership, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for

. Tisch, who graduated from

in 1976, gave an endowed gift of $40 million to fund the

Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life (originally the University College of Citizenship and Public Service, or UCCPS) is a college of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. The college was founded with the aid of a $10 million donation ...

which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2011. Tisch is on the board of the

In 2011, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch made a $10 million gift to

The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 F ...

to support an exhibition space within the

Costume Institute The Anna Wintour Costume Center is a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's main building in Manhattan that houses the collection of the Costume Institute. The center is named after Anna Wintour, the longtime and current editor-in-chief of ' ...

to be named The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Gallery. In March 2022, Tisch announced that he was making a contribution to his high school alma mater, The Frederick Gunn School, of $25 million to design and construct the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Center for Innovation and Active Citizenship. Lizzie has sat on the Board of Trustees of

NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City affiliated with two Ivy League medical schools, Cornell University and Columbia University. The hospital comprises seven distinct campuses located in the New Y ...

since 2015. Tisch was elected chairman of the board of The Shed, a New York City arts center, in 2022.

Awards

In June 2022, Tisch was recognized by the International Hospitality Institute on the Global 100 in Hospitality, a list featuring the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality.

Personal life

Tisch was born to a Jewish family, the son of Joan (née Hyman) and

Preston Robert Tisch Preston Robert Tisch (April 29, 1926 – November 15, 2005) was an American businessman who was the chairman and—along with his brother Laurence Tisch—was part owner of the Loews Corporation. From 1991 until his death, Tisch owned 50 ...

, who was co-owner of Loew's Hotels and of the New York Giants. In 1988, he married Laura Steinberg, the daughter of financier and insurance executive

Saul Steinberg Saul Steinberg (June 15, 1914 – May 12, 1999) was a Romanian-American artist, best known for his work for ''The New Yorker'', most notably '' View of the World from 9th Avenue''. He described himself as "a writer who draws". Biography S ...

, at the Central Synagogue in

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. They divorced in 2000. In 2007, he married Lizzie Stern Rudnick.New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Elizabeth Stern, Jeffrey Rudnick"
May 7, 2000

References

External links

Tufts University Trustee Profile$40 Million Gift - Tufts UniversityBeyond the Boardroom - TV Show hosted by Jonathan Tisch
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Jonathan Tisch Jonathan Mark Tisch (born December 7, 1953) is an American businessman. He is the CEO of American luxury hospitality company Loews Hotels. Tisch is also a trustee of Tufts University, and a board member of the Tribeca Film Institute. He is a co ...

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