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Billionaire and member of the famed Koch family Bill Koch tried to offload his massive compound in Aspen for nine figures, but ended up selling it at auction for nearly $100 million below the listing price.The founder of Oxbow Carbon bought the ski-town property in 2007 for $26.5 million and…
Three years ago, when I met someone 21 years my junior in an online class, I never thought we’d become close.Each week in a writing class, we filled the video call with highly personal details about our lives as we learned how to tell our stories. We spilled our emotions…
For months, I’d been looking forward to my five-week solo trip to Mexico, where I’d be housesitting in a beautiful oceanfront home in La Paz.I expected I’d have a relaxing stay, and I was especially eager to learn more about the area and its local culture to see if I…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ryan Stewart, a 28-year-old brand marketing manager at Tinder, based in Los Angeles. His identity has been confirmed by Business Insider. This piece has been edited for length and clarity.I started as a design intern at Tinder in the UK in…
“How much money did I make?”It’s a question that Jon Bolerjack never thought he’d hear the man sitting next to him ask. Comics legend Stan Lee’s ideas and hustle birthed an empire. So how could he not know about all the money he’d just made doing a signing at a…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kiana Glanton. It has been edited for length and clarity.Nearly 10 years ago, in the middle of postpartum depression, learning how to be a mom for the first time, my body decided to respond to the extreme stress I was under…
