Alvin Malnik

Alvin Ira Malnik (born May 23, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American businessman, attorney and philanthropist.

Malnik was born to a working-class family in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. Early in his career, Malnik bought and sold the rights to the movie-machine, “Scopitone.” The $2 million profit from this business deal made Malnik a young millionaire and introduced him to the entertainment world. From this venture, Malnik developed long-lasting business and personal relationships with several "Rat Pack" celebrities including Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Film maker Brett Ratner told Aventura Business Monthly in a May, 2011, cover story interview that he "really didn't know" his biological father, and that he considers Alvin Malnik to be his dad, "the one who raised" him.

Malnik and his friend, the late Jay Weiss, purchased and remodeled The Forge restaurant in Miami Beach in 1968.

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