Jason Strauss

Strauss was born in 1974 and raised in Manhattan. He attended Riverdale Country School in The Bronx, where he later hosted a homecoming party, at which he met Noah Tepperberg. The two became friends and had a mutual interest in throwing parties. The two began by hosting prom and college parties before entering the nightclub industry. Strauss graduated from Boston University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in communications and Hospitality management.

Strauss moved back to New York City and in 1997 formed a special events, public relations, and marketing company known as Strategic Group whose clients included PlayStation and Coca-Cola. In 2003, he started Marquee New York in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood with Tepperberg. The nightclub quickly grew to host over 1,200 guests a night and began Strauss' full time career in the nightclub hospitality business. He, Marc Packer and Rich Wolf, who owned Tao Asian Bistro New York nightclub, and Tepperberg partnered to open a new nightclub known as Tao Asian Bistro Las Vegas inside the Venetian in 2005.

The venue became the most successful of his career. By 2011, Tao Las Vegas had become both the highest-grossing and the most profitable restaurant in the United States, generating over $60 million in annual revenue. It went on to top Restaurant Business magazine's annual "Top 100 Independents" ranking of highest-grossing independent restaurants for multiple consecutive years through the mid-to-late 2010s.

Tao Group Hospitality was formed in 2009 to operate his and Tepperberg's properties. He has hosted some of the world's most famous

Strauss founded LAVO, an Italian restaurant with locations in the Marina Bay Sands, Mexico City, and Las Vegas.

Strauss resides in Las Vegas and purchased a home for 10.75 Million Dollars in 2025.

In November 2023, he and Tepperberg helped raise over $1 million for Israel through the United Hatzalah Emergency Relief Fund, following the Hamas attack the month prior and said, "the hospitality industry is all about bringing people together. It’s what we do".