Owners & Builders — Part IX — The Luxury Hospitality Library

These figures command the capital and set the ambition, then hire the authorship. They decide that a house will exist, at what level and to what standard, and they appoint the people who determine what it feels like.

The category covers a wide range of relationships to the product. Vladislav Doronin acquires and extends a brand whose language predates him. Michel Reybier assembles an estate collection. Wang Jianlin and Mohamed Alabbar build hospitality inside much larger property platforms. Victor Sassoon and Savva Mamontov converted fortunes made elsewhere into landmark buildings. In each case the owner's contribution is real, and in each case it is not design.

This distinction matters editorially. It is the difference between commissioning a hotel and composing one, and the Library refuses to collapse the two because the commissioner is better known.

What the group does not settle: delegated authorship still concentrates governance in one person. Several entries here demonstrate what happens when the owner becomes a liability to the institution carrying their name.

GROUP IIIThe entries

Code	Name	Years	Country	Register anchors	Record
LHL-P-076	Vladislav Doronin	1962–	Singapore	LHL-021Aman	Active
LHL-P-077	Sonia Cheng	1980–	Hong Kong	LHL-009Rosewood Hotels & Resorts	Active
LHL-P-078	Mohamed Alabbar	1956–	United Arab Emirates	LHL-281Address Hotels + Resorts	Active
LHL-P-079	Paddy McKillen	1955–	France	LHL-H-366Villa La Coste	Active
LHL-P-080	Stéphane Courbit	1965–	France	LHL-015Airelles	Active
LHL-P-081	Dan Friedkin	1965–	United States	LHL-101Auberge Resorts Collection	Active
LHL-P-082	The Kwee Family — Evan Kwee	—	Singapore	LHL-016Capella Hotels and Resorts	Active
LHL-P-083	Rocco Forte	1945–	United Kingdom	LHL-033Rocco Forte Hotels	Active
LHL-P-084	Michel Reybier	1945–	Switzerland	LHL-023La Réserve Hotels	Active
LHL-P-085	Lee Boo-jin	1970–	South Korea	LHL-078Shilla Hotels & Resorts	Active
LHL-P-086	Rudolf-August & Maja Oetker (pair)	—	France	LHL-013Oetker Collection LHL-H-508Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc	Closed record
LHL-P-088	Wang Jianlin	1954–	China	LHL-092Wanda Reign	Active
LHL-P-089	Oleg Deripaska	1968–	Russia	LHL-041Rodina Hotels & Resorts (RU)	Active
LHL-P-090	Leonardo Ferragamo	—	Italy	LHL-095Lungarno Collection	Active
LHL-P-091	Lang Walker	1945–2024	Fiji	LHL-I-033Kokomo Private Island	Closed record
LHL-P-093	Kirill Pisarev	—	France	LHL-389Voile d'Or (The Collection)	Active
LHL-P-094	Victor Sassoon	1881–1961	China	LHL-H-209Fairmont Peace Hotel	Closed record
LHL-P-095	Savva Mamontov	1841–1918	Russia	LHL-H-109Metropol Moscow	Closed record
LHL-P-096	The Ng Family — Ng Teng Fong → Philip Ng	—	Singapore	Fullerton/Part I	Active
LHL-P-097	Jean-Noël Marcellesi	—	France	LHL-H-242Casadelmar LHL-H-243La Plage Casadelmar	Active
LHL-P-158	Dermot Desmond (with McManus & Magnier — Sandy Lane)	1950–	Barbados	LHL-H-506Sandy Lane LHL-H-519Mandarin Oriental Canouan	Active
LHL-P-159	Antonio Saladino	—	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	LHL-H-519Mandarin Oriental Canouan	Active
LHL-P-163	Guo Guangchang	1967–	United Arab Emirates	LHL-159Atlantis Dubai / Sanya / Maldives	Active
LHL-P-212	Araz Agalarov	2002–	Russia	—	Living
LHL-P-213	Emin Agalarov	2001–2023	Russia	—	Historic
LHL-P-214	Amiran Mutsoev	2013–	United Arab Emirates	—	Living
LHL-P-215	God Nisanov & Zarakh Iliev (pair)	2007–2010	Belgium	—	Historic
LHL-P-225	Ferit F. Şahenk	—	Türkiye	LHL-402Doğuş Group · Hospitality Investments	Living
LHL-P-226	Ali Şafak Öztürk	—	Türkiye	LHL-401D-Hotels & Resorts	Living
LHL-P-227	Alexander Klyachin	—	Russia	—	Living
LHL-P-228	Mikhail Gutseriev	—	United States	—	Living
LHL-P-229	Telman Ismailov	—	Russia	—	Living
LHL-P-230	Thierry Dalais	—	Zambia	—	Living
LHL-P-234	Serge, Jérémie & Benjamin Trigano	2008–	France	LHL-273Mama Shelter	Living
LHL-P-271	Richard Caring	—	United Kingdom	LHL-S-103Annabel's & the Birley Clubs	Published
LHL-P-295	Gil Dezer	—	—	LHL-A-003Porsche Design Tower LHL-A-002Bentley Residences LHL-R-003Armani Residences	Published
LHL-P-296	John Hitchcox	—	—	LHL-A-008YOO	Published
LHL-P-297	Michael Shvo	—	—	LHL-R-031Mandarin Oriental Residences	Published
LHL-P-298	Muhammad Binghatti	—	—	LHL-A-004Bugatti Residences LHL-A-005Mercedes-Benz Places	Published
LHL-P-373	José Antonio Chapur Zahoul	—	—	LHL-444	Published
LHL-P-374	Gibran Chapur	—	—	LHL-444 · LHL-072	Published
LHL-P-376	Mireille Chevanne	—	—	LHL-443 · LHL-H-538	Published
LHL-P-368	Sylvain Floirat	—	—	LHL-H-538	Historic
LHL-P-369	Antoine Chevanne	—	—	LHL-H-538	Historic
LHL-P-370	Jean-Prosper Gay-Para	—	—	LHL-H-538	Historic
LHL-P-403	Arthur Zeckendorf		United States		Active
LHL-P-404	Chen Din Hwa		China		Active
LHL-P-405	David Martin		United States		Active
LHL-P-406	Emad Khashoggi		France		Active
LHL-P-407	Gary Barnett		United States		Active
LHL-P-408	Harry Macklowe		United States		Active
LHL-P-409	John Caudwell		United Kingdom		Active
LHL-P-410	Jorge Pérez		United States		Active
LHL-P-411	Lee Shau Kee		China		Active
LHL-P-412	Michael Stern		United States		Active
LHL-P-413	Mike Meldman		United States		Active
LHL-P-414	Nadim Ashi		United States		Active
LHL-P-415	Nile Niami		United States		Active
LHL-P-416	Patrice Pastor		Monaco		Active
LHL-P-417	Rick Caruso		United States		Active
LHL-P-418	Stephen Ross		United States		Active
LHL-P-419	Steven Roth		United States		Active
LHL-P-420	Todd Michael Glaser		United States		Active
LHL-P-421	Ugo Colombo		United States		Active
LHL-P-422	Vincent Lo		China		Active
LHL-P-423	Xu Hang		China		Active
LHL-P-633	Ben Cowan-Dewar				Active
LHL-P-699	E. Llwyd Ecclestone Sr			LHL-S-688Lost Tree Village	Active
LHL-P-700	Morris and Alice Baker (pair)			LHL-S-689Ocean Reef Club	Active
LHL-P-755	Aras Agalarov			LHL-S-259Crocus City, Moscow	Active

Notes on the register. Seven groups follow the model, never the era: the axis is whose capital and whose authorship. Paired entries carry one code where authorship is genuinely joint. A closed record marks a life concluded — the code and the history stand (§11). One candidacy is suspended under §18.4.1 while its subject holds public office, its brand anchor already resident in the register. Reigning heads of state receive no entries; documented authorship is recorded in the Key People line of the house concerned. Next free code: LHL-P-793 · no gaps. · Published by LVXVRY under the Editorial Manifesto, v1.7.