Fashion publicist James LaForce is constantly meeting with new clients, but he'll never forget one first session with a buttoned-up Italian shoe company and its venerated CEO. "There was a hush in the room when he came in, and these terribly uptight, suited Italians with MBAs made their anxious introductions." ... More

Christina Stembel was working as the Director of Alumni Relations and Campaign Outreach in California for Stanford University’s law school when she noticed that the flowers they would order for events cost more than she thought they should. So she started researching the flower industry (“laden with problems and with ... More

“Have you ever sat in a boring meeting?” Bill Hoogterp asks. Obviously, the answer's yes, which is why the author of Your Perfect Presentation has built a career on coaching some of the world's most visible speakers—athletes, actors, CEOs, media execs, anyone charged with a crucial More

Having a martini with François Thibault is like shooting hoops with Michael Jordan. Thibault, who has been Grey Goose's Maitre de Chai (cellar master) since the company launched in 1997, is the guy responsible for developing Grey Goose's billion-dollar vodka recipe. And that's not an exaggeration: The brand ... More

Mark Zuckerberg has big plans for the New Year. The Facebook CEO took to the social networking site to declare his personal challenge for 2016, and it puts common resolutions, like dieting and exercising, to shame. “My personal challenge for 2016 is to build a simple AI to run my home ... More

Scott Leonard had the picture-perfect life: a beautiful wife, three healthy children and a successful wealth management business based in Los Angeles. But in 2010 he decided to sell his home, pack up his family and attempt to set sail around the world for three years while still running his ... More

Luxurious, over-the-top homes have always been a staple in the Hamptons, but prior to launching their own firm, brothers and brokers Zachary and Cody Vichinsky noticed a lack of specialized services for people looking to buy and sell at an ultra-high price point. To remedy that, they started ... More

When Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, a 1930s pile about five miles from downtown Austin, shut down in 1999, it was slated to be demolished. But almost two decades later, the decommissioned building—which escaped destruction to become home to filmmaker Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios—might be more significant than ever.  Sitting ... More

Soft-spoken, boyish and American-born, Nicholas Cullinan doesn’t seem like the most obvious candidate to direct London’s National Portrait Gallery, an august institution whose collection of 10,000 paintings of famous Britons stretches back to the 16th century. Despite this, Cullinan, who’s schooled in art both classic and cutting edge, intends to ... More

Let me begin by saying that my idea of a good time does not usually involve barreling through magnificent vistas on a tour bus, battling stomach-churning waves in the middle of the ocean, or braving the masses at midnight buffets. I much prefer doing things my own way, on my ... More