Diego Segura

Because the essays were initially published in New York, most of them begin with the same salutation: "To the People of the State of New York".

3G had taken Burger King private in a 2010 leveraged buyout for $4.1 billion, using $1.6 billion of its own equity. At the time, Burger King had one brand—Burger King—and 12,000 restaurants in 70 countries and some $15 billion in revenue. In short order, 3G transformed Burger King into Restaurant Brands International, comprising 30,000 restaurants... See more

For Coach, the biggest brand in the Tapestry portfolio, the show—a display of oversized leather blazers and pointy-toe jelly flats embossed all over with Cs, with J.Lo in the front row—is a customer acquisition cost.

Could they do it another way? Perhaps. But it’s part of the formula devised by creative director Stuart Vevers , who moved to the... See more

“I have to tell you, I was the only person there whose name I didn’t know,” Heilpern says.

Still, becoming a real, regulated insurance carrier meant Lemonade needed more time to launch and more capital to grow. (A carrier typically must maintain cash reserves equal to at least a third of revenue, Sagalow notes.) So far, the capital has flowed—and from some big names. Through 2017, Lemonade raised $180 million in four rounds. In 2019, it... See more

Ms. Velez first started filling up notebooks with fashion drawings around age 5, according to Ms. Church, and received her first sewing machine as a gift from a family friend at age 10. She took sewing classes at 12 (the instructor accepted only adults, initially, but Ms. Velez looked mature for her age, Ms. Church said). At 15 a local TV reporter... See more

The magazine’s patented celebrity-on-celebrity dialogues compounded the formula, like mixing colors on a palette. Instead of a journalist to interview Jack Nicholson, get Julian Schnabel. (For the results, see the April, 2003, issue.)