At various times in his life he sold real estate in Florida, managed prizefighters, lived as a riverboat-styled gambler on Atlantic luxury liners, managed the Hotel Rand in New York City and searched for gold in the Klondike.
Dared 'Herbert K. Somborn' (ex-husband of Gloria Swanson): "If you know
anything about food, you can sell it out of a hat." This led to the
1926 opening of the legendary hat-shaped Brown Derby restaurant.
