Americans in Their 30s Are Piling On Debt Overall burden is up more than for any other age group
Stacey Coquelin, with her daughter, Giselle, 12, says she has been priced out of the neighborhood she hoped to move to before the pandemic. ‘I was trying to buy a house before Covid, and that big housing boom happened,’ Stacey Coquelin says. ‘I got discouraged, a little depressed.’
By Gina Heeb and AnnaMaria Andriotis
Photographs by Mary Beth Koeth for The Wall Street Journal
WITH A WEDDING ON THE HORIZON, LELE PONS AND GUAYNAA ARE MARRYING THEIR MUSIC, TOO. Soon to wed, the Venezuelan influencer and singer and the Puerto Rican musician will release their first album together.
Writing | Sigal Ratner-Arias
Photography | Mary Beth Koeth for Billboard
Assistants | Javier Sanchez, Jake Soper
Retouching | Violaine Capra
On the 29th of September, I flew solo from Miami to the Bahamas to photograph FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried for The Australian Financial Review Magazine’s Young & Rich issue.
Going into the assignment, I knew I had ten minutes to work with Sam. I was hoping for a few tight, dynamic portraits and one environmental option in or around his office. When I arrived, I was given a tour of the main office and was told that I wouldn’t be able to photograph him there. We walked across the parking lot to an empty office space with two small bedrooms on one side, which allowed the company’s employees or visiting investors to sleep. On the other side of the empty space was the office of the company therapist, George Lerner. I set up my lights and asked George if he could sit in for me before Sam arrived on set. We spoke about the challenges of relocating with family to a small, remote island from his former life in San Francisco. I was also able to get a good sense of what Sam would be like to work with. If anyone knew the answer to that, it would be the company therapist.
Sam showed up in his typical wardrobe - an FTX t-shirt, shorts, high socks and sneakers. I worked with him for ten minutes while he was discussing future meetings and business on the side with his assistant standing next to me. He was kind, but seemed distracted, so I decided to forgo the environmental portrait.
On October 28th, our cover came out.
On Friday, November 11, FTX filed for bankruptcy.
Famed businesswoman Rosalind Brewer has held leading positions at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Starbucks, Sam’s Club, Walmart, and other major companies. Learn about Rosalind’s assent up the corporate ladder at Masterclass.
📷 by Mary Beth Koeth
Digi Javier Sanchez
Assist Bryce France
Art Direction Max Morse
Production Becca Selin
Sam Bankman-Fried is worth $US16.5 billion, yet he drives a Toyota Corolla. He's spent $US1 billion bailing out cryptocurrency businesses, yet he thinks crypto has yet to prove it's had a positive impact, saying the industry is still 'pre-use case.' He's an advocate of Effective Altruism, and is vegan, yet he lives in the Bahamas, a tax haven. And he's on the cover of the Young Rich issue of The Australian Financial Review Magazine.
"A lot of this is being at the right place at the right time," he tells Mark Di Stefano, with whom he chatted about the 'crypto winter', about being tagged the 'Millennial Warren Buffett' and about Elon Musk, with whom he discussed acquiring Twitter. ("He moved markets, he moved everything.")
What does the future of entrepreneurialism look like? Pick up a copy of our Young Rich List issue to find out. Inside you'll find crypto, gaming, start-up founders trying to meet payroll, music, athleisure, unicorn balloons and Elvis.
Story by Mark Di Stefano
📷️ Mary Beth Koeth
Photo Editor Tim Beor
Coco Gauff ESPN Cover Story
Meet George Johnson: The Angriest Songwriter in Washington, D.C.
Celebrity Cruises // Beyond // Saint-Nazaire, France
Harold Evensky, at his home in Key West, Florida. Cash Buckets Are Earning Their Keep as Markets Slide. Just Don’t Hold Too Much. Neil Templin Mary Beth Koeth for Barron's
This shoot, Harold, and Harold’s shirt filled my heart bucket. Thank you Nicole Silver and Sarina Finkelstein for this assignment.
https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/cash-bucket-strategy-retirement-51652983335?fbclid=IwAR3VWmdHjI5aBhtnqPP1TTFP3oarBMxrdFkIllnSuyX8DbSwu5yhr_TjfOU
A ‘Cruiser’ Sets Sail, Despite Covid
A return to the sea means a return to life for one die-hard cruiser.
📝 by Cristal Duhaime
📷 by Mary Beth Koeth for The New York Times
Photo Direction Leslie Dela Vega
🛳 ♥️ ✨ Chillie Falls
For people who make cruising a lifestyle, not just a pastime, being marooned on land was devastating. Charles Falls Jr., known as Chillie, is one of those cruisers who set sail as much as possible. He has been on 55 cruises and in recent years started hosting a YouTube show about the industry.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/opinion/a-cruiser-sets-sail-despite-covid.html
Ninja for MasterClass
Digi Javier I Sanchez
Assistant Kohl Murdock
Art Direction Max Morse
Production Becca Selin
Kilion Isack, 29.
Denis Kepela Rarin, Maasai
Mary Beth Koeth
Real Housewives of Miami star, Julia Lemigova, for the New York Post
Writing | Jacquelynn Powers Maurice
Photography | Mary Beth Koeth
Assistants | Jose Arizmendi & Priyaranjan Desai
Photo Editor | Jesaca Lin
Makeup | Bea Diaz
Stylist | Mila Gonzalez Kastari
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The Raven Run lost one of its most beloved runners last week. Tom “Gringo,” a Hall of Fame Runner with over 1,600 Raven Runs and 654 swims, died on March 2. His final run with Raven was last year, at 83 years old, which earned Gringo the Event of the Year for being the oldest runner ever to complete the run. This was at least his third time earning an Event of the Year—once for running during Hurricane Irene and another time for running while in the middle of chemotherapy. Gringo had a way of sensing someone’s best quality and bringing it out. After five minutes of conversation with anyone, I think he could’ve given the eulogy at her funeral. I’ve probably run about 50 times with Gringo and will cherish the miles we put in together. I’m grateful for the stories he told, many of which live on in the hearts and minds of other runners, and in the pages of Running with Raven. Two weeks ago, when Yellow Rose and Raven went to visit Gringo, Raven asked him how he was doing. Gringo replied, “I’m dancing as long as the music lasts.”
Written by Laura Lee Patterson Huttenbach “White Lightning”
Photograph by Mary Beth Koeth “Yellow Rose”
Pictured “Gringo” for the Raven Run Swimsuit Calendar in 2013
Phil Collins’ on-and-off ex-wife Orianne opens up about suing pop star
Pillow fighting could be the next great combat sport – no, seriously.
The Pillow Fight Championship, or PFC, is trying to turn pillow fighting into a professional sport – but unlike MMA, ‘anyone can compete, and anyone can win’
by Jordan Blumetti by Mary Beth Koeth for The Guardian
Pillow Fighters | Terrell ‘TJ’ Jenkins and Meriah Hall
UNSUNG Six people who have quietly changed the automotive world. 📝 by Chris Perkins 📷 by Mary Beth Koeth for Road & Track Magazine
| DOCTOR STEPHEN OLVEY |
FOR DECADES, American open-wheel racing was the source of much motorsport innovation, including in safety. That’s thanks largely to Dr. Stephen Olvey, a neurosurgeon, and Dr. Terry Trammell, an orthopedic surgeon. The biggest names in IndyCar owe their continued careers—and in some cases, their lives—to these two doctors.
Olvey grew up in Indianapolis and began attending the Indy 500 as a kid. The speedway was the first racetrack in the world to have an on-site medical facility, and as a med student at Indiana University, Olvey volunteered his services during the 500. There he met Dr. Thomas Hanna, who ran the center and hired Olvey to be the on-track doctor. That led the USAC, the sanctioning body for American open-wheel racing, to bring on Olvey as a traveling doctor, ensuring that drivers received the same level of care at all tracks. Olvey also standardized post-crash procedures by creating the modern rapid-response safety team.
Digi tech | Javier Sanchez
Creative Director | Nathan Schroeder
