Jonathan Plutzik

Jonathan Plutzik, Owner, The Betsy Hotel, 1440 Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami, Florida 33139 , USA.
www.thebetsyhotel.com

Jonathan's Full Bio:
Jonathan Plutzik owns and operates The Betsy-South Beach on Miami Beach's iconic Ocean Drive. He retired as a Vice-Chairman of Credit Suisse in 2002, after a 24-year financial services career. In 2015, Jonathan was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change, celebrating The Betsy Hotel as the first American corporation to partner with the National Immigration Forum's New American Workforce citizen-readiness program. In 2016, Jonathan was named the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year and in 2017 he was given a "Key" to the City of Miami Beach by the Mayor for his civic contributions. In the same year, The Betsy was included as one of three hotels in the State of Florida on Condé Nast's Gold List and named Travel and Leisure's Top Rated Resort Hotel on Miami Beach. Jonathan holds an MBA from Wharton School of Business and a Bachelor's Degree from Brandeis University. Jonathan is Vice Chairman of Fannie Mae, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a founding board member of Planet Word, a new National Museum in Washington, DC, dedicated to the written word. With Jonathan's leadership, The Betsy was recognized by Americans for the Arts (2017) as one of ten businesses in America doing pace-setting work building community in and through the arts. Jonathan operates The Betsy Hotel with his son, Zachary, his sister Deborah who has shaped the extraordinary on property cultural programming and a dedicated team of hotel professionals. All are ably assisted by the property's two golden retrievers, Betsy and Katie.

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