The Big Short War
On a battle between billionaire hedge-funders.
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Bravo L’Artiste
A review of several books on Rupert Murdoch first criticizes the authors for not grasping the many sides of their subject, then offers a thesis of its own. He’s “not so much a man, or a cultural force, as a portrait of the modern world.”
John D. Rockefeller: A Character Study
A two-part write-around of the world’s only billionaire.
He was a silent boy — a silent young man. With years the habit of silence became the habit of concealment. It was not long after the Standard Oil Company was founded, before it was said in Cleveland that its offices were the most difficult in the town to enter, Mr. Rockefeller the most difficult man to see. If a stranger got in to see any one he was anxious. "Who is that man?" he asked an associate nervously one day, calling him away when the latter was chatting with a stranger. "An old friend, Mr. Rockefeller." "What does he want here? Be careful. Don't let him find out anything." "But he is my friend, Mr. Rockefeller. He does not want to know anything. He has come to see me." "You never can tell. Be very careful, very careful." This caution gradually developed into a Chinese wall of seclusion. This suspicion extended, not only to all outsiders but most insiders. Nobody in the Standard Oil Company was allowed to know any more than was necessary for him to know to do his business. Men who have been officers in the Standard Oil Company say that they have been told, when asking for information about the condition of the business, "You'd better not know. If you know nothing you can tell nothing."
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The Longform Guide to Rich Kids
Paris Hilton, Princeton phonies, and the prince who blew through billions—a collection of articles on young money.
Craps and Cryogenics
How an eccentric industrialist bought Atlantic City’s shuttered Revel casino at a firesale price with a goal to turn it into a “life-extension facility.”
The Bling Dynasty
An army of Western luxury-lifestyle purveyors flock to China to teach the country’s new billionaires how to act rich.
Larry Ellison Bought an Island in Hawaii. Now What?
How the tech billionaire came to own 87,000 acres, three hotels, a wastewater treatment plant, a cemetery and 380 cats.
Richard Branson Turns 50
Partying with a lost tycoon on his birthday.
The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth
The 50,000-word story of Microsoft’s antitrust case.
Uncontested: The Life of Donald Sterling
A profile of the Los Angeles Clippers owner, an oft-sued real estate baron with a documented racist streak and a penchant for heckling his own players, on the occasion of him winning an NAACP lifetime achievement award.
How Brazil's Richest Man Lost $34.5 Billion
Oil and iron-ore baron Eike Batista’s very bad year.
Everywoman.com
On Martha Stewart, business icon.
The Miner’s Daughter
A profile of Gina Rinehart, the richest person in Australia.
A Tale of Two Londons
“We can conclude at least two things with certainty about the tenants of One Hyde Park: they are extremely wealthy, and most of them don’t want you to know who they are and how they got their money.”
Prince Alwaleed and the Curious Case of Kingdom Holding Stock
Investigating an insecure billionaire’s true worth.
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food
Inside the battle for how America snacks.
Edge and the Art Collector
Steven Cohen, troubled founder a $14 billion hedge fund, has an eye for modern art.
Secrets, Schemes, and Lots of Guns: Inside John McAfee's Heart of Darkness
Why is an anti-virus software giant in the Belizean jungle surrounded by gang members?
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The Mogul Who Made Justin Bieber
A profile of Scooter Braun.
Our Billionaire Philanthropists
On the moral failure of über-wealthy do-gooders.
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Cocaine, Inc.
How a Mexican drug cartel makes its billions.
The Last Days of MF Global
“Jon Corzine had never had anything to do with the futures business, had never run a public company, and hadn’t worked on Wall Street for a decade. His time there had ended badly. But by any reasonable standard, the former Goldman chief seemed almost embarrassingly overqualified. Says Flowers: ‘It seemed like we had more CEO than company.’”
The Toughest Guy On Wall Street
A profile of Jamie Dimon as he became CEO of JP Morgan Chase.
The Purpose of Spectacular Wealth, According to a Spectacularly Wealthy Guy
Romney’s former Bain partner makes a case for inequality.
A Giant Among Giants
As it approaches a public offering, how Glencore—founded by the legendary fugitive March Rich—cornered the market for just about everything by working with dictators and spies.
