45's Four Seasons Comms - Trolling the DS, Gates, and Dopey Prince Alwaleed?
The Trump campaign’s ‘Four Seasons’ landscaping fixation went deeper than you know
There was a second expense — unknown until now — at another landscaping company with a nearly identical name during the 2020 campaign.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/02/trump-campaign-four-seasons-landscaping-fixation-502163
Four Seasons Hotels Limited, trading as Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, is an international luxury hotel and resort company[3] headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[4] Four Seasons operates more than 100 hotels and resorts worldwide.[5] Since 2006, Bill Gates (through Cascade Investment) and Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal have been majority owners of the company.[6]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Seasons_Hotels_and_Resorts
Bill Gates Just Bought Controlling Interest In The Four Seasons Hotel Chain From Saudi Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal
On Wednesday Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts revealed that Gates' private investment office, Cascade Investments, had acquired a controlling stake in its company at a valuation of $10 billion.
In the all-cash deal, Gates is paying $2.21 billion to Kingdom Holding, the investment office of Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud.
Prior to the deal, Cascade and Kingdom both owned 47.5% of the hotel chain. Gates is essentially buying half of Kingdom's share, so that when the deal is done he will own 71.25% and Kingdom will drop down to 23.75%. The remaining 5% is still owned by Isadore Sharp, the founder and chairman of Four Seasons.
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/billionaire-news/bill-gates-just-bought-controlling-interest-in-the-four-seasons-hotel-chain-from-a-saudi-prince/
Celebs, scandals abound at the Four Seasons
Niccolini has witnessed many a scantily clad celeb splash through the pool, which transitions from famous to infamous as the clock creeps toward midnight.
“A lot of people have gone into the pool,” he says, ticking off a list of offenders: “We did a wedding for Bethenny Frankel, and three or four half-naked guys went into the pool. A woman recently collected about $5,000 in bets to take off her clothes and jump in the pool.”
While money-magnet Buffett hasn’t (yet) taken a dip, the most successful investor of the 20th century did order a hamburger, Diet Coke and Dairy Queen ice cream to enjoy in an upstairs private room prior to a 2011 fund-raiser for President Obama that Buffett hosted at the restaurant. (Niccolini commissioned a pal in New Jersey to smuggle in the DQ.)
Other memorable celebrity encounters that Niccolini’s overseen? George H.W. Bush, Clinton and Colin Powell (“Incredible!”); Tony Blair and George W. Bush (“They had fun — George Bush is quite a character”); Wintour plus Ralph Lauren (“Very, very elegant”).
Niccolini’s run as irreverent ringmaster is so iconic, he’s even played himself in two movies filmed at the restaurant: “Arbitrage” with Richard Gere and “Inside Man” with Denzel Washington.
“I was a natural!” he says, before adding with a wink, “Nobody else could play my part.”
Indeed, Niccolini is a legend when it comes to his devotion to the
sometimes-wacky whims of regular customers. If someone’s more in the mood for street meat than haute cuisine, he dispatches an assistant to the nearest hot dog cart.
“They can’t believe they’re eating hot dogs at the Four Seasons,” he laughs. “We don’t charge hot dog prices,” he adds. “We charge the $50 or $60 for the main-course price. After all, we made the special effort— we make sure their special requests are absolutely fulfilled.”
Another reason for the loyalty? Niccolini’s wise discretion when it comes to affairs of the heart, carefully seating certain men in a far corner of the Pool Room.
“It’s very far away and it’s very difficult for anyone to tell if you’re having lunch with your wife or with your girlfriend,” he explains. “If it’s your girlfriend and your other half shows up, [there’s] time to warn you.”
The Four Seasons, he says, still may be the only white-tablecloth restaurant in NYC where anything goes.
“After 11 p.m., no one really knows what’s happening. And that’s OK!”
https://nypost.com/2013/11/23/celebs-and-scandals-abound-at-the-four-seasons/