This big-haired New York and Newport based socialite and aviation enthusiast co-founded Helicopter Flight Services in 1985. (more…)
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Jordan Edwards
A graduate of Northeastern University, Jordan Edwards became president of the Mixology Clothing Company, the owner of the Gainsborough Group e-commerce development company and vice-president of the Chart Organization during his 20s. (more…) -
Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. (AKA “Buddy Fletcher”)
The fund founded by “The Black Madoff” was bankrupted in 2012 after Alphonse Fletcher, Jr.’s firms, Fletcher Asset Management and Fletcher International, failed to meet redemption requests of £97 million ($144 million). (more…) -
Debrah Lee Charatan
With a self-professed desire to be “a female Harry Helmsley”, Debrah Lee Charatan was destined for a successful career in real estate in New York in the 1980s. (more…) -
Kerry Washington
A self-declared activist, Bronx born actress Kerry Washington has an astounding 2 million followers on Twitter. (more…) -
Robert Durst
A member of the New York based Durst real estate dynasty and worth some $100 million, cross-dresser Robert Durst first came to the attention of the public when his first wife, Kathie, disappeared (more…) -
Jon Levy: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
‘The Steeple Times’ asks behaviour expert, consultant, writer and speaker Jon Levy: “What’s on your mantelpiece?” (more…)
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Kathy Prounis
This interior decorator began her career in commercial design with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in New York. (more…) -
Alexandra Lebenthal (AKA “The New Queen of Wall Street”)
In her 2010 novel, The Recessionistas, this esteemed Jewish mother of three chronicled the consequences of economic collapse for a wealthy New York investment banker and his socialite wife. (more…)
