Peter Gatien is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on August 8, 1952 in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Peter Gatien (born August 8 1952) is an Canadian club proprietor and party organizer. He is known for the owner of several well-known New York City nightclubs, including Club USA, The Limelight, Palladium, and Tunnel.
Gatien moved to Toronto and built a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 metres) entertainment venuecalled Circa. By 2009, he had no longer associated with Circa and was removed from the nightclub industry since. Circa was forced to declare bankruptcy and shut down in March 2010.
A federal probe in 1996 attempted but did not find a link between Gatien with the sale in party-related drugs, particularly Ecstasy, at his club however, his release in 1998 led to him incurring huge legal costs. Additionally to that, he was arrested on tax evasion charges following several club raids, but he was cleared of the majority of the charges. He admitted to tax evasion charges in 1999 and was fined a sum in the amount of $1.6 million as well as a prison sentence of 60 days and five years of probation. In 2003 Gatien was deported back to his home country of Canada as per Canada’s Department of Homeland Security immigration laws, which mandate the removal of any foreigner (non-citizen) who is found guilty of committing a felony. However, as he’s an Native Canadian, Gatien has been allowed to return to his home country of the United States again.
