| Notes |
Paolo Zampolli, a boldface name familiar to any casual reader of Page Six, did some soul-searching last fall. The founder of ID Models, who’s better known for enjoying bottle service at Lotus than for his business acumen, had just lost a public auction to buy Elite Model Management last August, and he was starting to realize that he needed to make a change. In the months that followed, he looked at his life and plotted his next move. In early December 2004, he called an old friend about a business proposal made to him over dinner a year earlier. While on the phone in his Varick Street office, Mr. Zampolli finally heard the magic words from Donald Trump: “You’re hired!” |