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The Longform Guide to Rich Kids
Paris Hilton, Princeton phonies, and the prince who blew through billions—a collection of articles on young money.
Prep-School Gangsters
“They cruise the city in chauffeured cars, blasting rap, selling pot to classmates. How some of New York’s richest kids joined forces with some of its poorest.”
Nancy Jo Sales New York Dec 1996 20min
The Poorest Rich Kids in the World
Georgia and Patterson Inman, 15-year-old twins, are the only living heirs to the $1 billion Duke tobacco fortune. They are also emotional wrecks who have barely survived a hellacious childhood.
Sabrina Rubin Erdely Rolling Stone Aug 2013 40min
The Prince Who Blew Through Billions
On the brother of the Sultan of Brunei, Prince Jefri Bolkiah, who has “probably gone through more cash than any other human being on earth.”
Mark Seal Vanity Fair Jul 2011 45min
Lost in the Meritocracy
An overachiever on what he did and didn’t learn at Princeton.
Walter Kim The Atlantic Jan 2005 35min
Princess Paris
A profile of Paris Hilton at the height of her fame.
Vanessa Grigoriadis Rolling Stone Nov 2003 10min
Members Only: Inside the World of Late Night Shots
An invite-only social network for Georgetown assholes.
Angela Valdez Washington City Paper Jul 2007 30min
Poor Little Rich Girls
How two sisters, heirs to the Bronfman fortune, may have blown $100 million supporting the cult-like group NXIVM.
Maureen Tkacik The New York Observer Aug 2010
Teodorin's World
A profile of Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the Malibu-dwelling, “fantastically corrupt” dictator-in-waiting of Equatorial Guinea. Teodorin, as his friends call him, is considered by U.S. intelligence to be “an unstable, reckless idiot.”
Ken Silverstein Foreign Policy Mar 2011 20min
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