David Amsellem took the concierge out of the hotel lobby and put it to work for brands. From John Paul to HBX Group, his career turns on a deceptively ordinary question: who remembers what the customer needs?
Paul McKnight runs the North American arm of John Paul, the Paris-born concierge group that quietly answers the phone when private-jet calendars implode and Michelin reservations vanish. A career CFO turned chief executive, he is the operations spine behind a 600-concierge global network serving luxury brands and their highest-spending customers.