by Natasha Dorsainvil Friday May 29 2009

Supermodels and Super Money

If you’ve ever wondered about how much money supermodels make, the answer is, not as much as they used to. Long before the global economic mess, movie stars had already posed a threat to the lucrative supermodel empire. Now, instead of young, nameless beauties on the covers of magazines and cosmetic commercials, faces from on [...]

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by Natasha Dorsainvil Friday May 29 2009

The New Rich On the Block

The gilded offspring of some of the world’s wealthiest names aren’t lounging by their pools sipping iced beverages on Monday mornings. On the contrary, they’re out and about accomplishing in their own right. Vanity Fair’s feature article this month proves that this generation of fortune cements the fact that a prestigious name plus the money [...]

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by Stephanie Wilson Thursday May 28 2009

Kick-Off Event for 15th Annual Make-A-Wish Ball

More than 200 of South Florida’s top philanthropists and supporting VIPs attended the Kick-Off event for the 15th Annual InterContinental Miami Make-A-Wish Ball on Thursday, May 21 at InterContinental Miami.  Norman Wedderburn, President/CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida and Shareef Malnik, owner of The Forge restaurant and returning Gala Chair of the InterContinental [...]

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by Natasha Dorsainvil Wednesday May 27 2009

Deep Flight Super Falcon Small Submarine

It may look like something that should be zipping through the blue skies, but the Deep Flight Super Falcon is a small submarine meant to fly through blue seas. If the ‘falcon’ moniker rings a bell, there’s reason for it. This streamlined submarine was underwritten by Tom Perkins, who has just put his yacht, the [...]

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by Natasha Dorsainvil Wednesday May 27 2009

Julian Schnabel Pink Penthouse for Sale or Rent

When it comes to money, red is the color everyone wants to stay away from. In Julian Schnabel’s case, pink is looking more like red these days.  The lack of activity for his much talked about pink Palazzo Chupi penthouse in New York City recently prompted Schnabel to put a Picasso he’s owned for 20 [...]

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by Christina Bohnstengel Tuesday May 26 2009

When A Villa Is Not Enough

With more than 1,800 H&M fashion apparel stores worldwide, what more could Swedish owner Stefan Persson want for? As the 16th richest man in the world, with estimated wealth valued at £11.4 billion, his own personal English village might be nice.
Reports indicate that Persson is spending £25 million on the English village of Linkenholt, located [...]

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by Natasha Dorsainvil Friday May 22 2009

Robert De Niro’s 2nd Stab at Dining in Tribeca

When it comes to Italian restaurants in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, Robert De Niro is heeding the advice, “when at first you don’t succeed, try again.”
Ranked as one of our Haute 100 New Yorkers, De Niro has just opened Locanda Verde in his Greenwich Hotel. Though the Italian gastrospot is really a do-over of [...]

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by Natasha Dorsainvil Friday May 22 2009

Luxury Living For Sale By Ian Schrager

If New York City’s Soho is where you want to be, we’ve got news. Haute 100 Originator Ian Schrager is moving out and you can have his old PH address and the luxury living that comes with it for $12.5 million. Among the four-bedroom, 3,630-square-foot perch’s many features, are a private, skylit gym and breathtaking, [...]

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by Stephanie Wilson Thursday May 21 2009

The Secret Meeting of Billionaires

Oprah. Bill Gates. Warren Buffet. Michael Bloomberg. David Rockefeller. Ted Turner. George Soros. Those ABC News is describing as a “who’s who” of the world’s wealthiest met under a cloak of secrecy in New York earlier this month to discuss what they can do to help the financial plight of Americans.
The meeting, which took place [...]

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by Natasha Dorsainvil Wednesday May 20 2009

And The Donald’s Net Worth Is…

We still don’t know how much Donald Trump is worth. What we do know, however, is that we cannot use the m-word. Millions, that is. In a New Jersey lawsuit that some may tsk-tsk at, Mr. Trump, who makes his mark on our Haute 100 NY list, is suing Timothy O’Brian who authored a book [...]

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