Steven Greenberg

Steven Greenberg is a businessman and investor who enters the diaries through both practical connections and social encounters. He helped secure opportunities for Andy Warhol, while separate snapshots of his dating life place him alongside Margaux Hemingway and Dolly Fox without clarifying how those relationships overlapped.

Business Connections

Warhol identified Greenberg as the person who had obtained a live demonstration job for him involving a Commodore computer at Lincoln Center, associated with Debbie Harry. He also said Greenberg had persuaded Clive Davis to work with them. Greenberg was described as an investor who advised companies and accepted stock as payment, making him a conduit between business interests and Warhol’s projects.

A Rockefeller Center Gathering

Greenberg hosted a party in his office at Rockefeller Center, two floors above the Rainbow Room. The office had two terraces, and the art there was estimated to be worth around $10 million. Warhol recalled the many young guests, including downtown attendees whose makeup and androgynous style caught his attention. He also noted Greenberg’s distinctive white pageboy hairstyle.

Dates with Margaux Hemingway and Dolly Fox

At a business dinner Paige arranged for Janet Sartin and Greenberg, Greenberg arrived with Margaux Hemingway as his date. Warhol and Paige encountered the pair kissing in Greenberg’s limousine and saw them become embarrassed. The diary records the moment without explaining the status or duration of their relationship.

Later, Dolly Fox told Warhol that she was dating Greenberg and asked him to find out what was happening between Greenberg and Margaux. She said Greenberg had picked her up at eight and stayed with her until five, and that he wanted to see her again the following Tuesday. Her request places the two women’s accounts in proximity, but the diary does not establish whether the relationships overlapped or what Greenberg told either of them.

Continued Social Presence

In March 1986, Greenberg picked Warhol up in his limousine and took him to an advertising dinner at Stuart Pivar’s home. The brief entry shows Greenberg continuing to move within Warhol’s circle and to bring him into business-related social settings. Together, these appearances present him less through a sustained personal history than through the opportunities, introductions, and romantic questions attached to his presence.