Robert De Niro Under Fire After His Nobu Restaurants Received Millions in PPP Loans Amid COVID-19
Robert De Niro‘s Nobu restaurant group is under fire after receiving millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program loans from the federal government amid the coronavirus pandemic.The upscale chain, which was founded by De Niro, 76, celebrity chef Nobuyuki “Nobu” Matsuhisa and film producer Meir Teper in 1994, has outposts all over the world, including several in the United States.According to government filings released on Monday, July 6, the Nobu brand, which also includes several luxury hotels, took 14 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration for as much as $28 million.