Tag: richest
Inside Marie Antoinette’s Hyper-Expensive Secret Retreat
Château de Fontainebleau began as a 12th-century medieval castle before becoming a Renaissance palace in the 1500s. For 750 years, French kings and emperors used this grand retreat near Paris. Its Italian frescoes, 19th-century elevator and 130 acres of g...
Taylor Swift Is Officially A Billionaire Thanks To The Eras Tour
1989 (Taylor’s Version) is just the latest example of how Taylor Swift does things differently. It’s not just re-recording her albums.
We Went To Puerto Rico: The Inequality We Saw Will Shock You
43% of people in Puerto Rico live in poverty.
Richest US states 2023
Richest U.S. States by GDP. What is Gross Domestic Product? A comprehensive measure of U.S. economic activity. GDP measures the value of the final goods and services produced in the United States (without double counting the intermediate goods and servic...
Sotheby's Spotlight: The Jacques Garcia Collection
To ensure the perennity of his lifelong project, Château du Champ de Bataille, French interior designer, Jacques Garcia has put 75 lots on sale from a Collection which took him 30 years to build.
The Tragic Tale of California's Richest Black Woman
Welcome to Forgotten Lives! In today's episode we are looking into the life of Biddy Mason, an African-American woman born into slavery who later became one of California's richest women.
Claridges Hotel
Extraordinary series that paints an intimate and revealing portrait of life at one of the world's most prestigious hotels.
Why Modern Art Is So Expensive
Modern art is expensive. From completely white canvases to simple abstract colours, these seemingly basic works can cost you millions. So what makes their price so high and how can they possibly be worth this much money?
2 Chainz Plays with $165,000 Kittens
2 Chainz and DJ E. Sudd meet with Stacey Lebreton to see her ocecats, which are a mix of Abyssinian, Siamese, and American Shorthair cats and look like miniature ocelots.
How Russia's war exposed the dark side of luxury London
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and resultant sanctions on President Putin’s oligarch elite, a spotlight has been firmly cast on the British capital and its complicity as a store for dirty money. Now, the British government is seeking to salvage i...
What Happened to the "Great Gatsby" Mansion? (Harbor Hill)
Sitting on one square mile of land in Long Island, NY, the 80,000 square foot mansion known as Harbor Hill once hosted renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald as a guest. He drew inspiration from Clarence Mackay's lifestyle when writing The Great Gatsby. Ex...
Bill Gates' $644 Million Hydrogen Powered Megayacht
When it came to environmentally friendly engine designs, superyachts seemed to be the final holdout among the luxury forms of transportation. But the Monaco Yacht Show's announcement of The AQUA, the world's first hydrogen-powered superyacht, serves as a...