The Operator

摘要

Don't ever call andrew Sasson a corporate flunky. "I have partners, not bosses," he snaps over an afternoon coffee and cigarette. "If I had bosses, I wouldn't be here." "Here" is Light at the Bellagio, a hot nightclub in Las Vegas. Sasson, 34, runs the joint along with two other nightspots, owning 45% of each (partner MGM Mirage has the rest). Though they don't amount to a tall stack of chips- Light grossed $14 million in revenue last year; the Bellagio brought in $970 million- Sasson is riding something significant on the Strip: funneling big spenders from dubs into the casinos. With another club and restaurant on the way, Sasson is moving up in this world- on his way, he ardently wishes, to the top. "For me to be regarded as serious," he says, "I need to be in the forefront."