It’s difficult to imagine Dana Giacchetto has many friends left in this world. Nevertheless, those remaining stalwarts were the targets of a recent letter from the disgraced investment adviser to the stars, whose now-bankrupt Cassandra Group once served such high-profile clients as Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and talent manager Mike Ovitz. Read More
I’m calling it Dana Giacchetto-hausen’s syndrome by proxy: It’s a new disease that causes media glitterati to hire a financial adviser based on that person’s perceived level of grooviness, i.e., how much Helmut Lang is hanging in his closet and how many celebrities he knows. Symptoms vary: Sufferers frequently hallucinate, imbuing patently flaky blond guys Read More
Two days after celebrity money manager Dana Giacchetto put on a silly hat and surrendered to the F.B.I. on charges that he had bilked his clients out of more than $6 million, comic Jerry Stiller gripped a vodka martini at a premiere party for his son Ben Stiller’s new movie, Keeping The Faith . The Read More
