Power Brokers. Heroes. Heretics. Outlaws—Meet the leaders of the Artificial age.

He and his wife Kathryn have ambitious goals to build a culture company spanning art, film, and media. (They’d rather not talk about Rupert.)

The $200 billion software titan has suctioned himself to many hubs of influence—from data centers to TikTok to Hollywood studios to the Oval Office itself. Tom Dotan dives deep into Ellison’s kingdom, starting on the island enclave of Lanai.

In an excerpt from Behind the Castle Walls: My Thirty Years at the Happiest Place on Earth, Chapek breaks his silence about being ousted from the Walt Disney Company.

As the UK’s private schools face a 20% tax on tuition and the loss of some of the country’s wealthiest residents, Harrow School finds itself in the middle of an ambitious expansion and licensing initiative, bringing its brand of education to seven countries. Will it work?

William Cohan’s new book on the Wall Street billionaire, Money to Burn, traces Black’s rise and fall—and sparked a dispute with the New York Times journalists who have reported on the $158 million that Black gave to Epstein. At a 92nd Street Y discussion conducted by the Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin, Cohan said he doesn’t expect to ever know the truth about the relationship between the two men.

In an exclusive excerpt from Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era, Jacob Weisberg paints a revealing portrait of Bezos, from a science-fiction-loving schoolboy with dreams of being an astronaut to a billionaire hell-bent on getting what he wants.

High-demand for celebrity memoirs has led to a cottage industry for talented writers looking to make money. Now, as AI raises new questions about originality and disclosure, VF goes inside the business of ghostwriting to see how the new technology is changing the nature of the industry.

Robert Kiyosaki tells VF he’s more than $1 billion in debt. Did he read his own book? Chris Cox visits the longtime best-selling author and friend of Trump at home in Arizona.

Everyone from Michael Eisner to Tory Burch to Larry Ellison owns an apartment—maybe two—at the landmark hotel overlooking Central Park South. New reporting from Vanity Fair—including a secret dossier, private text messages, and a leaked recording—reveals the machinations of a contentious deal to sell the building to a Saudi buyer and force out the residents and staff, and the central role of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

Yann Pissenem, the owner of Ushuaïa, Hï, and [UNVRS], tells Vanity Fair what it's like to rule the island—always sober.

Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami talks to VF about Mathias Döpfner's vision, the AI tool rollout, and leading a news business through a tech boom.

As the Kushners seek to develop a marine protected island in southern Albania, thousands continue to join the ongoing "Flamingo Revolution."

As the youngest-ever CEO of the beloved seafood chain, Damola Adamolekun has gone on a press tour straight out of a celebrity playbook and taken to the internet to directly communicate with customers like they’re a fandom. But following the restaurant’s bankruptcy in 2024, can he pull off a comeback?

It’s all too easy to get drawn into this seductive financial subculture, particularly the subset known as FatFIRE—where seemingly normal people are risking everything to retire early, once they save a measly few million dollars.

In an exclusive excerpt from, Steve Jobs in Exile, go inside the explosive board meeting that left Jobs in tears.

An eleventh-hour ruling means Collins and his satirical newspaper have come up short once again in their quest to play the ultimate joke on Alex Jones. “Is this the most elaborate bullshit that I’ve ever had to encounter to get around to something that I thought was just a nice thing to do? Yes, it is,” Collins says.

Cam Fink, John Kessler, and Ned Koh founded the AI unicorn Aaru when they were 18, 15, and 19. Now they've got even bigger ambitions.

Vanity Fair spoke to R.J. Cipriani on Wednesday after the news broke that his lawsuit against the studio exec had culminated in Shell’s departure from his position.

Ahead of President Trump’s highly anticipated trip to China, Xi Jinping’s biographer accentuates the differences—and draws parallels—between the two leaders.