Nobuyuki Matsuhisa

Nobuyuki Matsuhisa was born in Saitama, Japan, and trained as a sushi chef at Matsuei Sushi in Tokyo. After running restaurants in Peru, Argentina, and Alaska, Nobu opened his first restaurant, Matsuhisa, in Beverly Hills in 1987. Six years later, Robert de Niro persuaded him to open Nobu in New York. There are now thirteen Nobu restaurants all over the world—in New York, Los Angeles, Malibu, Aspen, Las Vegas, London, Milan, and Tokyo. He currently lives in Beverly Hills.