Rande Gerber (born April 27, 1962) is an American businessman and former

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. He founded tequila brand

Casamigos Casamigos, often Casamigos Tequila is an American tequila company founded by George Clooney, Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman. It is owned by Diageo since 2017. Founded by the actor and two businessmen, the company was sold to Diageo for US$1 bi ...

alongside actor

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and real estate businessman Mike Meldman, as well as nightlife companies Midnight Oil, Caliche Rum, and Gerber Group, with a portfolio that has consisted of nightlife industry, such as restaurants, bars and lounges worldwide. He is married to supermodel

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and father to model

Kaia Gerber Kaia Jordan Gerber (born September 3, 2001) is an American model and actress. She is the daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber. After starring in a series of ad campaigns for fashion brands since debuting at Fashi ...

Early life

Gerber grew up in

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, on

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, and graduated in 1980 from Hewlett High School. He attended the

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and graduated with a BA in marketing. He is the son of Jordan Gerber and Ellen Peckman. Gerber is of

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descent.

Career

Gerber's Gerber Group opened its first venue, the bar The Whiskey in the Paramount Hotel in New York City, in 1991. In 2013, he partnered with

to launch

Tequila. In June 2017, it was sold to

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for $700 million, with an additional $300 million possible depending on the company's performance over the next ten years. In January 2019, it was announced that Gerber and his partner, Mike Meldman,

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, and

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would purchase Nate 'n Al of Beverly Hills and keep it open.

Personal life

Gerber married model

on May 29, 1998. They have two children, son Presley Walker Gerber (born July 2, 1999) and daughter Kaia Jordan Gerber (born September 3, 2001), both of whom started modeling careers while growing up. In August 2021, the couple sold their home in

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, for a reported $13.5 million.

References

External links

The Gerber Group
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Casamigos
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerber, Rande Living people American entertainment industry businesspeople Male models from New York (state) Businesspeople from Queens, New York George W. Hewlett High School alumni People from Hewlett, New York 20th-century American Jews University of Arizona alumni American chief executives of food industry companies People from Queens, New York 1962 births 21st-century American Jews