To an outsider, Gerber may look like the luckiest man in the world.
And it’s always nice when a nice guy does good."
Instead, Gerber’s background is what he described toBritish GQas “your typical, middle-class family setup.”
“The weekends were barbecues and basketball, just hanging out in the neighborhood with my two brothers.
Pretty unremarkable,” he told the magazine.
His normal suburban life took a turn when his parents divorced and his father moved to New York City.
Unbeknownst to him at the time, Schrager would later become very influential in Gerber’s career.
“I mean, why not?”
“I thought I wanted to work in music production for a while.
I worked for a film producer,” he told the magazine.
“Then I was given the opportunity to open a bar in New York.
“One day he said to me, ‘Why don’t you just do it yourself?'”
Gerber told theNew York Times.
There was a long mahogany bar and I lined the walls with Polaroids.
It was a sophisticated crowd.”
According to his wife, Cindy Crawford, Rande is a man who notices everything.
“You want everyone to feel really comfortable,” he said.
“Not only the seating, but as mentioned, the lighting is really important.
You want everyone to look good.
The smells what kind of incense or candles I burn.
The staff, their uniforms.
The glassware I use.
The punch in of ice.
It’s truly every little detail of it.”
As his success grew, Rande’s relationship with Ian Schrager faltered.
Although they didn’t speak for a few years, the two men have risen above it.
“It said, simply, ‘You still got it!’
They immediately became fast friends.
“We were friends for a long time,” Gerber said.
“Eventually, she went her way, and I went mine, and we reconnected years later.”
That reconnection led to a wedding in the Bahamas and two children, Presley and Kaia Gerber.
Crawford credits the longevity of their love to the fact that they were friends first.
“I feel like that’s helped us weather 25 years and some storms.”
The men even built houses next door to one another in Mexico.
We’ll drink to that!
If you are Rande Gerber, you make life a little better for others.
Gerber also puts his money where not only his mouth is but also the mouths of others.
“We feed the homeless, and we always donate food to different charity organizations and events.
It’s something we always liked to do even before COVID,” he toldC-Suite Quarterly.
“I think a lot of restaurants do that, and if they don’t, they should.
We are fortunate that we can help out.”
He did that, and for him it was always family first,” the hospitality mogul toldNobleman Magazine.
Cindy Crawford’s husband knows how to make his marriage stand the test of time.
“It’s important in relationships to remain friends,” he toldPeoplein an exclusive interview.
Like his supermodel sister,Presley has grown up to be gorgeous.
“They’re beautiful kids and they were born into fame and wealth.
So they’ve been really hands-on parents.”
That’s the million-dollar question for billionaire Rande Gerber, who shows no signs of slowing down.
“I love to see a product I already like, but think: How could this be better?
“I definitely get inspired by young people who are doing interesting things.
Imagine if you could do this in this way, and so on,” he said.
“So we brainstorm in diverse ways, and I love [their] advice.”
