Condé Nast Portfolio, May 2007
The Pirate Pose
Twenty years after The Bonfire of the Vanities, the author takes on the new Masters of the Universe. Read more
Features
The Sheik Who Would Be King of Horse Racing
How the ruler of Dubai came to dominate—with one very large exception—the lucrative business of Thoroughbreds. Read more
Driven to the Brink
Bill Ford is waging an epic fight to keep his family in Ford—and Ford on the map. Read more
The Queen of Diamonds
Eira Thomas, once the poster girl for Canadian diamond exploration, now pickaxes her way through boardroom brawls. Read more
Weapons of Mass Production
A graphic look at the fierce debate over the ultimate cost of the Iraq war—and corporate America's stake in it. Read more
The Kid Pays for the Picture
Ryan Kavanaugh of Relativity Media is Hollywood's go-to guy for hedge fund money. Is he a genius or a hustler? Read more
Fortune Hunter
Boone Pickens' second act in business is going swimmingly, thanks. How's the family? Don't ask. Read more
CULTURE INC.
Strings Attached
A tale of rare violins, noblesse oblige, and the changing game of arts patronage in America. Read more
The Ka-Ching! Dynasty
How bubbly is the Chinese art market? That might depend on how "Chinese" the art looks. Read more
Apollo 22
Time Warner's C.E.O. taps the African American business elite to turn around Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater. Read more
Give My Returns to Broadway
How a new crop of investors is applying Wall Street ideas about risk reduction to one of the riskiest investments of all. Read more
Sounds Like Money
Laurence Fink isn't with the band; he owns the band. How the C.E.O. of BlackRock placed a bet on rock and roll—and hit pay dirt with Maroon 5. Read more
GOLD STANDARD
Making a Racket
Unleash your inner McEnroe on these. Read more
The Rich Got Richer
Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich, by Robert Frank (Crown, 280 pages, $24.95) Read more
Crash Course
Books to help you decode your Generation YouTube interns. Read more
Chaos Is Underrated
In The Black Swan, Taleb excoriates the delusions of economists and their ilk. Read more
COLUMNS
What's Wrong With This Picture?
These women aren’t just the top female dealmakers at the major private equity firms. They’re pretty much the only ones. A closer look at the thickest glass ceiling in finance. Read more
The $300 Trillion Time Bomb
If Warren Buffett can't figure out derivatives, can anybody? Read more
Opening Up the Citadel
Hedge fund wunderkind Ken Griffin has $13.5 billion at his disposal—and he definitely knows how to use it. Read more
The Paper Shredder
Knight Ridder sacked, the New York Times Co. under pressure, layoffs pummeling newsrooms: How enigmatic asset manager Bruce Sherman became the scariest guy in journalism. Read more
Behind the Green Doerr
If John Doerr has his way, greentech will be Silicon Valley's new new thing—and taxpayers will foot the bill. Read more
Paint by Big Numbers
Marianne Boesky—yup, Ivan's daughter—has found that selling contemporary art can be an ugly business. Read more
The Jock Exchange
Wall Street is about to launch a new way to trade professional athletes the way you trade stocks. A piece of Tiger, anyone? Read more
Learning to Love Global Warming
Or why some economists believe climate change may not be such a bad thing after all. Read more
Valerie, Scooter, and Me
An insider's tale of the C.I.A. leak scandal. Read more
BRIEF
How Big Is Too Big?
With their outsize deals, private equity firms just can't avoid the spotlight anymore. Read more
Mazel Top This
When Dad's got too much cash, turning 13 can be a seven-figure affair. Here’s a sampling of the past year's most extravagant bar and bat mitzvahs. Read more
Siriusly Speaking
Mel Karmazin on the merger, the stock price, and Sumner Redstone. Read more
Brought to You by...Them
It’s time for the May upfronts, the annual shopping spree in which advertisers pick the network shows that will get their money. Meet five big spenders who’ll help decide. Read more
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Photo Genesis
Viewing business through a wider lens. Read more
Real Business, Real Results
Did anyone at Microsoft ever watch the (gasp!) offensively funny show Family Guy?
Ex-Morgan Stanley exec Zoe Cruz is now heading her own hedge fund. Are Wall Street's leaders done?
Martha, Bernie and Skilling know that what you wear for court can go a long way in public perception.
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Health Care
Bad to the Bone No More
Companies such as General Mills say they're stepping up efforts to change employees' bad
behavior and promote healthier lifestyles.
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