Bentley launch limited edition Le Mans Mulsanne at Pebble Beach
This week as the world’s motoring enthusiasts gather on California’s Monterey Peninsula for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Bentley will be using the occasion to launch a new Le Mans inspired limited edition model of the Mulsanne. (more…)
The best apartments for ultra high net worth individuals
Jet setting ultra high net worth individuals, be they top flight hedge fund titans or Russian oligarchs, often want homes that they can lock-up-and-leave when they head off to yet another of their residences. They also tend to like properties with the very best of services. Here, we showcase five that might be especially desirable for such people (more…)
This grandson of the brother of the Saudi Arabian ruler was the Head of User Operations for Facebook Arab until August 2011 and once stated: “Facebook is the reason I’m not going for an MBA right now. Facebook was my MBA. Facebook was my PhD. [Working at Facebook] was the most educational opportunity I ever could have asked for. It was amazing to be working on a project that could change people’s lives”. A resident of Los Angeles, bin Faisal Al Saud has helped found several other technology startups since including Na3M Games and Appiphany and in an interview said that one day he “hopes he can have a penthouse on Mars”.
‘The Atlantic Wire’ compares the British Conservative Party with both the American Republican Party and Democratic Party
Traditionally the British Conservative Party is seen to align itself to the American Republican Party whilst the British Labour Party finds itself having more in common with the American Democratic Party. An article this week in The Atlantic Wire, however, suggests, for the Conservatives at least, this situation has somewhat changed. (more…)
20 questions with leading clean technology investor Ben Goldsmith
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
My love of the natural world.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
“Behold the turtle. He sticks his neck out”.
If being vice president of product development at Tiffany’s isn’t enough, why not help yourself to a little bit more to be sure? That’s just what Georgetown University graduate Ingrid Lederhaas-Okun did after 22 years with the company. Married to a hedge fund manager named Robert Okun, this sociable sort was used to Manhattan galas and weekends in Darien, Connecticut but decided she’d also help herself to $2 million of her employer’s property. Of the 164 items that have never been returned, in July 2013 she commented: “I knew it was illegal to steal, and I did so regardless… I’m very sorry”.
20 questions with businessman, restaurateur and philanthropist Derek Taylor
The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?
Never give up on your dreams.
“Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?
Do as you would be done by.
As Haroon Kasir is arrested on suspicion of the possession of indecent images of children, we must ask why additional resources are not allocated to Operation Fernbridge
The Sunday People has revealed that Haroon ‘Harry’ Kasir, the former manager of the Elm Guest House in Barnes has been arrested on suspicion of the possession of indecent images of children and bailed until September. (more…)
Married to one of the world’s most prominent cosmetic surgeons, this blonde East Coast socialite formerly was the executive vice president of marketing and advertising at Van Cleef & Arpels. Described as a “whirlwind” and a “staple at benefits”, New York based Potter Aston colour codes her closet and makes “it a point to not do anything social” at weekends.
