Seventeen very rich families added their names to the list of tycoons who’re the majority of their fortunes to charity via Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates’ Giving Pledge. Good for them! Whatever they did to amass all that money, all is forgiven.
Jean-Marie Messier, the chairman of Vivendi Universal, has bought a $17.5 million apartment at 515 Park Avenue, proving that he’s officially become a player in New York.
Last June, Vivendi, the French water-utility company turned entertainment and telecommunications conglomerate, bought the Seagram Company for about $34 billion in stock, leaving the Bronfman family richer but Read More
SIDNEY KIMMEL SECURES CONDO AT 50 C.P.S. FOR $29 MILLLION There are six full-floor apartments still up for grabs atop the new Ritz-Carlton Hotel at 50 Central Park South. They start at $21 million and 5,800 square feet, but so far, no one seems to be getting nervous–least of all Sidney Kimmel.
Mr. Kimmel, the Read More
