Who

Rohatyn is the founder of the Upper East Side contemporary gallery-cum-project-space Salon 94, which is located on the ground level of her multi-million dollar townhouse.

Backstory

Jeanne Greenberg grew up exposed to the art biz in her native St. Louis—her mother was an art historian and her father was an art dealer. After moving to New York and settling down with Nicolas Rohatyn, the son of banker (and former Ambassador to France) Felix Rohatyn, she launched her professional career with help from her father-in-law: One of her early jobs was curating a collection of American masterpieces for the ambassador's residence in Paris in 1997. Jeanne went on to work for the likes of Norman Rosenthal and advisor/dealer Jeffrey Deitch, curating shows in untraditional spaces like the Tower Air Terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport. In 2002, Rohatyn and her husband opened up Salon 94 in a 1,500-square-foot space on the lower level of their townhouse, a building that previously housed an orphanage.

Of note

Rohatyn's home isn't far from the grandiose museums of Fifth Avenue, but the work on display at Salon 94 is hardly fusty or old-fashioned. Contemporary art is on display on every vacant surface—including a giant custom-designed glass wall—and the space has exhibited work by Marilyn Minter, Wang Qingsong, Julie Mehretu, David Hammons, and Paula Hayes. Rohatyn also serves as an advisor to wealthy collectors seeking an expert opinion on what to buy and how much to spend. One client: hedge funder Dan Loeb, who decided to buy a Matthew Barney photo several years ago based on Rohatyn's advice and then ended up in a nasty spat with Barney's gallerist, Barbara Gladstone, after she refused to sell the work to him.

Pet cause

Rohatyn is on the board of advisers to CityArts, a non-profit organization that puts public schoolchildren together with professional artists to create art.

Personal

Rohatyn, her husband, and their two children live upstairs from their gallery, at 12 East 94th Street. A giant Julie Mehretu canvas hangs in the living room.