- December 13, 2010
- 145 Minutes With Nassim Taleb
Shopping for Kafka with the Wall Street oracle turned aphorist and self-described flâneur.
- December 6, 2010
- From Vulture to Vulture
Nymag.com’s home for all things culture-obsessed offers Colony Capital some not-quite-obvious suggestions for how to spend its new $500 million entertainment fund.
- December 6, 2010
- Monetizing the Celebrity Meltdown
Tom Barrack, a billionaire investor who made his fortune in real estate, has discovered a market in distressed celebrities. With Neverland Ranch and Miramax under his belt, he’s now on a shopping spree�and bringing along his buddy Rob Lowe.
- October 4, 2010
- Postapocalyptic Wall Street
A new financial world emerges from the wreckage.
- October 4, 2010
- The Anti-Trump
Gary Barnett, the builder of this era’s glitziest buildings, does not have cotton-candy hair or a big mouth�but what he does have is hubris.
- October 4, 2010
- Ready to Be Rich
David Tepper�whose hedge fund made a killing during the crash by betting the government wouldn’t let the big banks fail�is coming out of the billionaire closet.
- August 23, 2010
- Is This Normal?
The uncertainty of our economic uncertainty.
- August 30, 2010
- The Billionaire and the Book Lover
Are Barnes & Noble founder Len Riggio and his nemesis Ron Burkle the only people in America who still want to own a mega-bookstore?
- June 7, 2010
- Bookies Gone Broke
How does a business with a piece of a legal gambling monopoly almost end up at the glue factory?
- June 14, 2010
- Bernie Madoff, Free at Last
In prison he doesn’t have to hide his lack of conscience. In fact, he’s a hero for it.