By Alex Finley
Now that a number of yachts allegedly owned by Russian oligarchs have been detained (nine, at the time of this writing), I thought we should take a look at what may happen next, practically speaking. Spoiler alert: no one really knows, and all the players in the
As the criminal trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker continues this week in New York, a key question is on everyone's lips: What did Goldman's senior ranks know about the involvement of Jho Low, a fugitive Malaysian businessman, in the 1MDB investment fund?
A former
In all my years of journalism, William "Bill" McMurry is the single most
impressive law enforcement official I've ever met. He has what feels like the
perfect combination of trustworthiness and resolve, open-mindedness and the
ability to take on massive challenges. Tom and I first heard
The UK sanctioned Roman Abramovich’s assets on Thursday, including Chelsea football club. Other of the Russian tycoon’s possessions, though, are harder to get hold of, including his spanking-new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
Only around eight to ten people on the planet privately own a Boeing 787, according to a
Broker: Hey, hope all is well. Got an interesting deal for you. One of the world's premier yacht-building companies is for sale.
Hedge fund: Oh, interesting. What's the rush? The world is on fire.
Broker: No reason really. Owners just want to sell – you know how
Artists and cartoonists across the world have responded to the Russian war against Ukraine over the past weeks. What's especially remarkable is the geographic diversity of the artists. We wanted to share some of the best.
My personal favorite:
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Among the cadre of journalists writing about the opaque and often bizarre world of the world’s richest people – both legitimate and illegitimate – the writer Atossa Araxia Abrahamian has one of the most unique voices. Her book Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global Citizen explores the hardly understood business of
As the corruption trials of five U.S. Navy officers get underway in a federal court in San Diego this week, we’re excited. But we're also angry.
Excited because our hit podcast “Fat Leonard” has become a central part of the trials. And angry? Well, angry because
Welcome to the inaugural column of Yacht Watch (Tagline: "We're going to need a bigger boat") from Whale Hunting Contributor Alex Finley, a novelist and former CIA officer with the insight to explore who runs the world through the prism of super yachts. This will be
At Project Brazen, we love books that take you inside a world, profiling the players who hold unusual power. Sometimes you've heard of these people. But often they're surprisingly unknown. So we've compiled five books that pull back the curtain on centers of influence,
Kim Ghattas is an incredible journalist. Her body of work shows a huge range, from intellectual synthesis and scoops of insight to emotive stories from the frontlines of conflicts. She got her start in her hometown of Beirut before joining the BBC, Financial Times and the Dutch daily de Volkskrant
