It's really hard to get me to come into a club.

And one of the famous ones was like, we'd really like you to have you here.

And I was like, I'd really like rather not to go.

I'm going to the hardware store, which is my favorite club.

Hi, everyone, from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

This is On with Kara Swisher, and I'm Kara Swisher.

My guest today is Jeff Klein, a hotel owner, hospitality entrepreneur, and founder of the San Vicente Clubs.

They're private members-only clubs that have become popular with celebrities and many others in Los Angeles and New York. Klein was early to the now booming private club scene,

and he's looking to expand his clubs globally. Before San Vicente, Klein opened several

boutique hotels and restaurants, including the Sunset Tower Hotel in Hollywood. He has a knack

for taking distressed historic properties

and transforming them into chic, distinctive spaces.

I want to talk to Jeff because he has a real joy of entrepreneurship.

And I always talk to tech entrepreneurs or maybe media entrepreneurs,

but hospitality entrepreneurs are very interesting.

And they put together a lot of things.

And right now there's a real moment where

people really are valuing community and spaces and gatherings. And it's something I talk about

in my CNN special. Keras Wisher wants to Live Forever about social connections being really

important. And I think Jeff has exquisite taste and sort of a joy of life that I think is a

wonderful thing to have in an entrepreneur. And he makes

beautiful things and he doesn't go too far with it. And I appreciate that as an entrepreneur.

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