William D. Cohan

William D. Cohan

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Prophet of the Golden Bull How did a Bible-reading, Trump-supporting 65-year-old woman become Wall Street’s hottest stock picker?

By William D. Cohan

Crime and Scandal

The Adulterer in the Room In 2001, Eric Schmidt was brought to Google to be “the adult in the room.” He became a billionaire—but raised eyebrows with his very open marriage

By William D. Cohan

Class War At Dalton, one of New York’s toniest private schools, a bruising battle rages between the woke and the trads

By William D. Cohan

February 27, 2021

Towering Inferno 666 Fifth Avenue was supposed to put the Kushners on the New York map. It’s been a devil of a headache

By William D. Cohan

January 30, 2021

Mayor Mike 2.0? Is Raymond McGuire—Wall Street player and political novice—the man to replace de Blasio? The big-bucks elite think so

By William D. Cohan

November 28, 2020

Vice Gets Squeezed Shane Smith convinced Rupert Murdoch and Disney that his company was, as the kids say, the sh!t. Until it wasn’t. How did Vice blow it—and trash billions in valuation?

By William D. Cohan

October 24, 2020

Crime and Scandal

Barbarians at the School Gate Part II: Illicit affairs? Kids out of wedlock? Will smear-mongering parents trash one of New York’s most elite schools?

By William D. Cohan

The New King of All Media Scott Galloway, one half of the must-listen podcast Pivot, is everywhere these days, railing against big tech and spreading big ideas

By William D. Cohan

Crime and Scandal

“Old Boys” vs. New Tricks At St. Bernard’s School, new-money barbarians are at war with upper-class traditionalists

By William D. Cohan

Meet Jesse Cohn, the Gordon Gekko for Millennial Brahs Attention C.E.O.’s of America: Do not ignore him

By William D. Cohan

September 28, 2019

Crime and Scandal

Black Cloud Leon Black and the other investors and philanthropists who want to unfriend Jeffrey Epstein

By William D. Cohan

September 14, 2019