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Lucius Boomer
Restaurateur / hotelier
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i. Biography
The Climb
Rolling barrels in the storeroom of a resort house in Manhattan Beach put Lucius Boomer at the working edge of hospitality: storage, handling, and the physical labor that keeps a house moving. The post was not polished, and that is the point. It established a career built through backstage duties rather than display, with the early work anchored in the practical demands of service. The next step took him to Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad in Chicago, where the setting shifted from the storeroom to the machinery of travel and transport. Lucius Boomer’s path is defined by accumulation, not interruption, with each role adding to the scale of what he would later oversee. The range of that portfolio frames the career in terms of command and administration, but the foundation remains visible in the earlier work: the storeroom, the railroad, and the labor that teaches how large institutions actually run.
Today
The career begins in the storeroom of a resort house in Manhattan Beach, where Lucius Boomer worked as a barrel roller.
Profile updated July 2026
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What is Lucius Boomer's current role?
As of 2026, Lucius Boomer is president of The company that operates the Sherry-Netherland, the Waldorf Astoria, and Sherry's; and owns the Bellevue-Stratford, the Willard, the Windsor, and the Savarin restaurants.
Where did Lucius Boomer work before?
Lucius Boomer's earlier career included Resort house in Manhattan Beach and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
