# David Rodolitz

> David Rodolitz is the Founder & CEO of VCR Group & Flyfish Club, a private dining blockchain-based club, and a former Founding Partner of Empellon.

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**David Rodolitz** is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of VCR Group & [Flyfish Club](https://iq.wiki/wiki/flyfish-club), a member's only private dining club where membership is purchased on the [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) as an [NFT](https://iq.wiki/wiki/non-fungible-token-nft). [\[1\]](#cite-id-nr1s3rtqg)[\[2\]](#cite-id-u6ocmaeszek)[\[3\]](#cite-id-hdv678j3g05)  
  
  
# Education  
  
David Rodolitz attended the University of Maryland in 1999, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Finance in 2003. [\[1\]](#cite-id-nr1s3rtqg)  
  
# Career  
  
David Rodolitz served as a Founding Partner of Empellon from March 2010 to February 2019 where he operated and built multiple concepts, including a 3-star, NYTimes, 7,500 square foot flagship in the heart of midtown, at 510 Madison Ave. [\[1\]](#cite-id-nr1s3rtqg)  
  
In March 2019, David Rodolitz became the CEO & Founder of RK Hospitality Group until May 2021. In March 2002, he founded Impulse Productions, Inc. - an organization that produces and executes large-scale special events, corporate parties, conferences, and charity galas. [\[1\]](#cite-id-nr1s3rtqg)  
  
## Flyfish Club  
  
In December 2021, David Rodolitz co-founded [Flyfish Club](https://iq.wiki/wiki/flyfish-club) where he serves as the CEO. Flyfish Club is the world’s first member’s only private dining club where membership is purchased on the [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) as a [Non-Fungible-Token](https://iq.wiki/wiki/non-fungible-token-nft) (NFT) and owned by the token-holder to gain access to the dining club and various culinary, cultural, and social experiences. [\[3\]](#cite-id-hdv678j3g05)[\[7\]](#cite-id-cxsljw8tu7h)  
  
> "Our company is the first use case of a utility-based project and through nfts and leveraging technology. We've converted a membership which has been around forever into an asset & ownership." - David Rodolitz[\[5\]](#cite-id-r4u4471khw)  
  
  
Flyfish Club announced its restaurant's permanent location designed by architect Roger Ferris; '141 E Houston St, NYC.' in November 2022. [\[4\]](#cite-id-7thkobbyf43)[\[7\]](#cite-id-cxsljw8tu7h)  
  
> “We chose this location due to the dynamic neighborhood, the beauty of the building, and the shared vision with ownership of the future of members clubs.” - Rodolitz said in a statement[\[4\]](#cite-id-7thkobbyf43)  
  
![image](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/QmYejeBtbuLNZABYmTtkVib9UWiHS9QwtMapt5GGq6v6HT)  
  
## VCR Group  
  
VCR Group is a modern hospitality company that creates, develops, and operates consumer-centric experiences through hospitality. It was founded by a team of hospitality veterans – David Rodolitz as the Founder & CEO, Gary Vaynerchuk, Josh Capon, and Conor Hanlon in June 2021. [\[6\]](#cite-id-bgvkrklk1v)  
  
> "We're not [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) guys trying to figure out hospitality; we're hospitality guys that have leveraged a Web3 component." [\[7\]](#cite-id-cxsljw8tu7h)  
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> "This is what we do: we create dining experiences for people and have been behind a lot of very celebrated places in the New York area [before Flyfish] - David Rodolitz said in an interview with Wunderman Thompson[\[7\]](#cite-id-cxsljw8tu7h)