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Steeped in the romance of classic cars, Simon Kidston arranges the sale of very expensive ones. Now, he’s launched an index to give enthusiasts an edge.
The Real Estate Manager Who’s Making the Queen Richer
The Crown Estate, which generates a tidy income for Queen Elizabeth II, owns chunks of London’s West End and vast swaths of rural Britain.
This Bunker Holds $1.5 Billion of Wine
Cavernous vaults of Bordeaux and Burgundy vintages sit in an old munitions dump deep below gently rolling English farmland.
Taming Thailand’s Wild Frontier
Prayuth Chan-Ocha, the general who runs Thailand, wants to turn once unruly border regions into zones of economic prosperity.
Hong Kong Collector Reveals Secret Hoard of Imperial Chinese Porcelain
In high-security locations around Hong Kong, Alan Chuang has amassed a fabulous art collection.
This Fashion Magnate Is Reviving a Medieval Italian Hill Town
Brunello Cucinelli—whose cashmere sweaters can sell for $3,000 or more—is crafting a gentler life for his employees in the village of Solomeo.
A Few California Farmers Have Lots of Water. Can They Keep It?
Irrigation canals still flow full in the Imperial Valley, and the farmers know California’s thirsty cities will someday come to claim that treasure.
Howard Buffett Is Getting His Hands Dirty
Warren’s eldest son is a farmer, photographer, environmentalist, author, businessman, board member, world traveler, and volunteer deputy sheriff. He’s also a philanthropist who's investing billions to solve some of the world’s biggest problems.
For LVMH’s Champagnes, Image Is Almost Everything
When it comes to marketing bubbly, being affiliated with a lifestyle or a cultural touchstone matters more than taste.
Surfer Who Left Banking Creates a Niche Market in Fossils
For Cliff Hartono, it was a surreal moment. In October 2012, he was standing on a Wyoming hilltop, a hotbed of fossil discoveries. Dotted with Angus cattle, horses, and deer, the landscape was a world away from London’s Canary Wharf, where only a month earlier, surrounded by six computer screens, he had been selling exchange-traded funds at Credit Suisse Group.
Fastest-Growing RIA Takes On Taxes, His Own Included, in Puerto Rico
Cheyne Pace’s Yale Capital is this year’s fastest-growing registered investment adviser, thanks to master limited partnerships and other money-conserving strategies.
Will This Online Lender’s Risky Business Model Hold Up?
For Avant’s Al Goldstein, being the quickest online-loan startup to lend $1 billion isn’t that cool. He wants his 2½-year-old company to be worth $100 billion, on the scale of Bank of America or Citigroup. “Our long-term vision for Avant is to build the Amazon of financial services,” says Goldstein, 34. “The opportunity is massive.”
Drinking Well at 36,000 Feet
Airlines are upgrading their wine cellars to woo passengers to first and business classes.
Intech's Adrian Banner Uses Volatility to Beat the S&P 500
The $51 billion institutional shop's CEO says his firm's math-based approach to investing enables it to pick up gains from stock price swings.