San Francisco International Airport ready to roll out the red carpet for the ultra-rich. The airport is officially seeking bidders to build a swanky new private terminal aimed at wealthy travelers who want to skip long TSA lines and have a valet driver take them directly to their planes. Travelers using the terminal, which would … Read more
Rising fast food juggernaut Raising Cane’s is continuing its rapid expansion into California, just months after opening its 1,000th restaurant in the heart of Hollywood. The fried chicken chain — which was founded nearly 30 years ago on the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge — is making a push into some more wealthier … Read more
When Harley Langberg, 38, visits the grocery store, he doesn’t carry around a shopping list. Instead, he’s in the aisles studying photos on his phone of Jalen Brunson, the NYC skyline and the FIFA World Cup trophy to find vegetables with the right colors and textures to recreate edible versions of the visuals. Hustling during … Read more
A prominent San Francisco arts patron and her husband were found mysteriously dead in a running car on Monday evening, the California Highway Patrol said. Judith Sheldon, 84, daughter of filmmaker William Wyler, and her husband Wylie Sheldon, 86, were found inside of a red Jeep Compass stopped at the shoulder of Interstate 5 near … Read more
Soccer fans, get your wallets out. The long-awaited 2026 FIFA World Cup, which kicked off last Thursday and is expected to attract approximately 6.5 million visitors from around the United States, is hosting 48 teams with matches being played across the United States, Canada and Mexico. While most are shell-shocked over the sky-high prices of … Read more
They’re caring for the kids — and signing NDAs, carrying Louis Vuitton bags, vacationing to luxe islands like Ibiza and making six figures. A new reality show, “Million Dollar Nannies,” reveals what it’s really like to be a Mary Poppins to the 1%, from being beholden to strict privacy agreements and undergoing extensive background checks to … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My sister is involved with a wealthy man who is 20 years older. Their affair (they are both married) is now on year six as far as I know. My sister’s husband is in poor health. Abby, she told him about the affair. They decided to sell their house and stop living together. … Read more
Fancy a $2.5 million game of paintball? That’s what two dozen guys paid for a trip to Utah to turbocharge their annual buddy trip. The group arrived to meet eight Navy SEALs in the desert, who schooled them in special ops techniques for a day before the main event. That contest required those guys to … Read more
They’re living large. While most Americans are struggling to make ends meet these days, the ultra-rich are living life, many unaware of how out of touch their day-to-day habits and actions are. In the r/AskReddit forum on Reddit, one curious user asked those who work in “ultra wealthy households, talking $50m plus types, what is … Read more
The US longevity gap is becoming a chasm. For decades, life expectancy in the States has lagged behind wealthy nations like Japan, Switzerland and Australia, with Americans consistently dying younger than their peers abroad. Now, a landmark “population autopsy” analyzing more than 63 million deaths has identified two key factors fueling shorter lifespans nationwide, as … Read more
America didn’t lose all its malls to the internet. It traded them in for Botox. Walk into any strip center worth its rent in 2025 and you’ll find the same thing: a med spa where the shoe store was and an IV drip lounge where the electronics store used to be. Now there’s data to … Read more
In Iran, people are struggling to afford meat and eggs — thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, many from the same country are building real estate empires. In early 2026, the Islamic Republic of Iran killed thousands of protesting citizens who took to the streets out of financial desperation. “If you cannot afford your … Read more
DEAR ABBY: For the past three years, my family has had reunions with my older half-sister, “Sybil.” We did not grow up together, and we have very different lifestyles. I grew up with little money and numerous hardships; Sybil grew up having every need and want met. She’s successful and wealthy. I am proud of … Read more
It’s an entirely different kind of school rush. When Zohran Mamdani won New York’s mayoral election last November, Caven Wagstaff’s phone wouldn’t stop ringing for weeks. Wagstaff runs his own firm, wrangling places for wealthy American families keen to land their kids a perch at tony British private schools. Mamdani, as mayor-elect, turbocharged his biz. … Read more
In a world of $160,000 “human optimization devices,” $10,000-per week wellness retreats and $22 collagen smoothies at upscale LA grocery store Erewhon, longevity has become not just a goal but a wealth-coded aesthetic. In this aspirational ecosystem, health is not just maintained, but curated and signaled. Interventions that once required prescriptions are now accessible via … Read more
Feeling 40 at 80, your body still bouncy, your risk of disease no higher, and your zest for life intact… the longevity dream has its appeal. But for some of those spending the most on it, it’s become a nightmare. Achieving the impossible has turned to an obsession — and in some cases, an illness, … Read more
Raising elitist little ones simply won’t fly with this Upper East Side mama. When cruising the friendly skies with her brood in tow, Lia, a lawyer and married mother of two, doesn’t treat her tots to first-class seating nor private plane exclusivity. But her aversion to spoiling the kids with luxe traveling accommodations isn’t about barring them … Read more
Rich people, poor behavior. Americans who live in households making upwards of $100,000 a year are twice as likely as poverty-stricken shoppers to steal from self-checkouts, a new survey has found. A sizable 40% of six-figure earners admitted to deliberately not scanning an item at a store, according to a recent LendingTree report — more … Read more
They say money doesn’t buy happiness. And for some, it also can’t buy skin health. One persistent, inflammatory skin disease has become a growing problem across the globe, especially in wealthier areas, according to a new analysis of 236 countries. In JAMA Dermatology last week, researchers in China warned that the incidence rate of psoriasis … Read more
Forget Silicon Valley — America’s young and rich professionals prefer the country’s northeast neighborhoods, a new study asserts. GOBankingRates conducted research into the wealthiest areas with the highest share of residents aged in their 30s and 40s. It turns out that 5 of the top 10 towns are New York City commuter hubs. The company … Read more