Media Influence: How Wealth Shapes Narratives
Buying a newspaper rarely makes money — so why do billionaires keep doing it? How the wealthy shape narratives through outlets, audiences, and pressure.
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Venture Capital: The Culture of Tech Money
A VC fund expects to lose money on most of its bets — that’s the plan, not the failure. Here’s how venture capital really works, pays, and behaves.
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Campaign Donors: Money in Modern Politics
An individual could give a 2024 presidential campaign just $6,600 directly — yet some gave nine figures. Here’s how modern political money really moves.
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Reputation: How the Wealthy Manage Image, Exposure, and Scandal
For the wealthy, reputation is an asset with a defense budget — crisis firms, search suppression, lawyers, and the one mistake that backfires most.
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Old Money and New Money: Different Styles of Wealth
Old money and new money aren’t two amounts — they’re two relationships to the same money. Here’s how the styles differ, what each costs, and why most fortunes lose the race.
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Boarding School: Elite Education Away From Home
Top boarding schools cost $70,000 a year in the US and over $200,000 in Switzerland. Here’s who actually goes, what it really buys, and what families get wrong.
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Wellness: Trainers, Retreats, and the Pursuit of Optimization
For the wealthy, wellness has become a standing operation — trainers, coaches, diagnostics, retreats. Here’s who runs it, what it costs, and what it actually buys.
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Anatomy of the Forbes 400: Who’s Actually On the List
The 2025 Forbes 400 holds $6.6 trillion. But only 49 of 400 started working-class, the top 10 hold a third of the money, and the average member is 70. A data portrait.
