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Ron Perelman
William D. Cohan October 13, 2024
A previously unreported health mitzvah may explain Ronald Perelman’s apparent Zen mind state in recent years, as the man who used to be the richest person in the U.S. recasts his empire.
bill ackman
William D. Cohan October 9, 2024
After a topsy-turvy year in both the public markets and his personal life, Bill Ackman has returned to a familiar activist target: his alma mater, its fiscal mismanagement, woke mind virus, and illiquid investment portfolio.
leon black
William D. Cohan October 6, 2024
In a highly unusual development in the “Jane Doe” suit against the billionaire Apollo founder, Black’s lawyers are demanding access to sealed documents that they believe will show his accuser fabricated her story—and that she might not be an Epstein victim at all.
ron perelman
William D. Cohan October 2, 2024
Once the richest man in America, Ron Perelman has been humbled into a simpler life—selling off his art, backing away from philanthropy, winnowing MacAndrews & Forbes. So what happened over the past several years that caused his $20 billion personal fortune to go up in smoke?


s.b.f sam bankman-fried
William D. Cohan September 29, 2024
A new report from FTX’s court-appointed examiner reveals, in new and sordid details, the gruesome internal dynamics inside the House of S.B.F.
s.b.f.
William D. Cohan September 25, 2024
Two recently filed amicus briefs on behalf of S.B.F. may prove to be his best hope yet of reducing his sentence. At the very least, they offer a fascinating revisionist history of this chapter of the FTX saga.
Peter Orszag
William D. Cohan September 22, 2024
Young Wall Street associates aren’t operating in a theater of war, so why can’t the industry actually do a little more to prevent their existences from becoming a total living hell—without the pat talking points?
Jerome Powell
William D. Cohan September 18, 2024
Today, the Fed cut interest rates by 50 basis points. Meanwhile, the economy is thriving, and the stock and bond markets are rallying. So why is deal volume down 30 percent from last year? And why is the I.P.O market so lackluster? A revealing conversation with a top banker in the C-suite.


s.b.f sam bankman-fried
William D. Cohan September 15, 2024
Notes on Sam Bankman-Fried’s fiery 102-page appeal, his demand for a new trial, and why he argues that everyone—well, at least Judge Lewis Kaplan, FTX’s attorneys, and the media—was out to convict him from the start.
Carl Icahn
William D. Cohan September 11, 2024
Now 88 years old, Carl Icahn has seen his personal fortune dwindle by some $20 billion in recent years. Has he lost his edge, or is something else afoot inside his holding company? Anyway, we chatted about it.
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