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Media
Inside the Big Business of Celebrity Ghostwriters
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.
By Maxwell Adler

MONEY
Poor Dad Author Goes Bust
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.
By Christopher Cox
MONEY
Inside the Billionaires’ Battle For the Pierre Hotel
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.
By Noah Shachtman

MONEY
Meet Ibiza's Almost-Billionaire King of Clubbing
Yann Pissenem, the owner of Ushuaïa, Hï, and [UNVRS], tells Vanity Fair what it's like to rule the island—always sober.
By Max MarshallPhotography by Jesper D. Lund

A BILLION TO ONE
Inside Politico’s Bumpy, Messy, Perhaps Very Rewarding AI Gambit
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.
By Margaux MacColl

Real Estate
How Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's Real Estate Dreams Sparked a Revolution in Albania
As the Kushners seek to develop a marine protected island in southern Albania, thousands continue to join the ongoing "Flamingo Revolution."
By Marzio G. MianPhotography by Alessandro Cosmelli

BUSINESS
This 37-Year-Old CEO Is on a Mission to Make Red Lobster Cool. Yes, You Read That Right.
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?
By Rita Omokha

money
The New Yuppies Don’t Even Work. Enter FIRE: Financial Independence, Retire Early
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.
By Joshua Rivera

EXCERPT
Exodus and Exile: Before Steve Jobs Could Make a Historic Comeback at Apple, He Had to Walk Out First
In an exclusive excerpt from, Steve Jobs in Exile, go inside the explosive board meeting that left Jobs in tears.
By Geoffrey Cain

the fight continues
The Onion’s Ben Collins Is Still Trying to Get His Hands on Infowars
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.
By Chris Murphy

A BILLION TO ONE
As Teens, They Founded a Billion-Dollar Startup. Now They Want to Shape the Future.
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.
By Julia Black
Hollywood
The Gambler at the Center of Jeff Shell’s Paramount Departure Swears He’s Not Taking a Victory Lap
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.
By Dan Adler

Politics
Everything Trump Needs to Know to Broker a Deal With Xi Jinping
Ahead of President Trump’s highly anticipated trip to China, Xi Jinping’s biographer accentuates the differences—and draws parallels—between the two leaders.
By Michael Sheridan

A BILLION TO ONE
Can a Pro-Tech Podcast Solve OpenAI’s PR Woes?
This winter, OpenAI hit a comms rock bottom. Will its acquisition of the cult favorite show TBPN be enough to turn it around?
By Julia Black

FROM THE MAGAZINE
Gaston Glock Made the World's Favorite Gun. His Death Intensified a Family Fight Over Who Would Call the Shots.
When Glock died in 2023, he left behind an empire built on a killing machine—wealth that put his new wife, an animal rights activist and enthusiastic arms executive, at odds with his kids and first wife. Simon Akam goes inside the wild succession saga.
By Simon Akam

Hollywood
The High-Stakes Gambler, and Self-Styled Vigilante, at the Center of Paramount’s Legal Drama
In an interview with Vanity Fair, R.J. Cipriani is eager to share his side of an alleged extortion saga that has ensnared studio executive Jeff Shell.
By Dan Adler

A BILLION TO ONE
Exclusive: OpenAI Preps Policy Push to “Rethink the Social Contract”
Is OpenAI’s chief futurist prepping for a major breakthrough or just another hype cycle?
By Julia Black
A BILLION TO ONE
Robinhood's Vlad Tenev Wants You to Vibecode Your Way Out of the Permanent Underclass
A sit-down with the (sometimes) populist billionaire Vlad Tenev about Trump accounts, mega IPOs, and a world full of “hundreds of thousands of single-person unicorns.”
By Julia Black

MONEY
Crypto’s True Believers Demand to Be Taken Seriously
They partied like rock stars, searched for aliens, practiced survivalism, and sometimes showed up without shoes. Then crypto winter came—and they lost billions. Clara Molot talks to the zealots who are holding the line.
By Clara MolotPhotography by Jeremy Liebman

A BILLION TO ONE
Is Paramount’s AI-First Merger a “Force Multiplier” or “Flyboys All Over Again”?
Hollywood is bracing for layoffs and big creative changes if the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery mega-merger goes through.
By Julia Black

ROCK NATIONS
Mine. Mine. Mine. How One Corrupt Billionaire Kicked Off the Global Cobalt Spree
When Israeli businessman Dan Gertler set his sights on Congo, he found the minerals he was looking for, and a whole new world of trouble.
By Nicolas Niarchos