Six recurring series, each taking one angle on wealth and following it across many installments: one fortune at a time, one list across 44 years, one cohort, one job, one city, one year. Every installment stands on its own, so start anywhere.
One Fortune, ExplainedThe mechanics of a single fortune — what is owned, how it is held, who runs it, what happens at death.3 installments · latest: The Waltons
The Forbes 400Forty-four years of the Forbes 400 treated as a dataset rather than an annual news event.3 installments · latest: Churn
The Class OfCohort profiles: a named group of people, one liquidity event, and what happened to all of them.3 installments · latest: The Y Combinator Summer 2007 Batch
The Job That Sees ItWealth described from the service side, by the people who work inside it.14 installments · latest: The Auction Specialist
How Millionaires Live InWealth outside the American frame: how fortunes are made, spent and protected city by city.3 installments · latest: São Paulo
TimeThe same questions the site asks about now, asked about 1900, 1925, 1955, 1985 and 2005.4 installments · latest: The Hunt Brothers