References

1. "The Men Behind Some of New York’s Most Storied Hotels" (July 9, 2024) < hospitalitydesign.com > Hotelier partners Ira Drukier, Richard Born and Sean MacPherson. "Born and Drukier, the visionaries propelling BD Hotels — their fathers were also partners in the real estate business —first collaborated with MacPherson in the early 2000s. .. MacPherson, Born, and Drukier never sought out careers in hospitality, but their entrees into the industry, shaped by disparate backgrounds, were serendipitous. Drukier founded a semiconductor computer chip company, which he sold to Siemens when he decided to explore real estate, the field that Born crossed into upon realizing after his surgical residency that he didn’t want to practice medicine. ... "