For forty years, Allie Beth Allman has ruled the glittering world of luxury real estate in Dallas. Then came a flood of coastal money, a technological revolution, a rift with a longtime partner, and the inexorable toll of time.
At 87, Houston’s global style icon is as dazzling as ever.
Houston, Houston, Houston, Dallas, Dallas, Dallas, with a little bit of Austin, and San Antonio thrown in.
The one hundred richest people in Texas.
The moral of Tex Moncrief’s story: Father knew best.
He made his first million before many kids finish college. Less than a decade later, Michael Dell continues to confound conventional wisdom.
As a bitter family feud drags on, Electra Waggoner Biggs if fighting to keep her fortune—and her ranch—intact.
Ross Perot (who else?) tops our annual survey of the wealthiest Texans.
Last September a human torso was found floating in Galveston Bay—a gruesome discovery that opened a window into the bizarre life of the accused murderer, New York multimillionaire Robert Durst.
You do, right? Joe Jamail, Red McCombs, Mark Cuban, and seven other superrich Texans tell you how.
The feud between billionaire Harold Simmons and his daughters is worthy of Shakespeare.
From the Altshulers to the Zales, the state’s top philanthropists support a range of causes but have at least one thing in common: their selflessness.
Since the day Stanley Marsh 3 finally went too far and locked up George Whittenburg’s son in a chicken coop, all of Amarillo has been abuzz about the bizarre battle between these intractable foes.
Texas’ multimillionaire of the moment.
Celebrity land deals—not.
The celebrity realtor as realtor celebrity.
When rich Texas hostesses want to put on the biggest charity bash of the summer, where do they go? New Mexico, of course.
The daughters of San Antonio’s most conspicuous family star in their own how-to videos.
For sixty years, Austinite Raymond Daum befriended Hollywood’s biggest stars. Now he’s selling off his memories.
Anna Nicole Smith got her man: the full story on the big gal’s marriage to octogenarian oilman J. Howard Marshall.
It’s junior’s mint, and he’s making the most of it.
Sissy Farenthold’s family has long battled with its capacity for self-destruction. With the disappearance of her youngest son, the battle is once again joined.
A man with big ambitions, Paul Rush bought his way into San Antonio society. Too bad the money he spent wasn’t his.
A fresh look at the state’s rich reveals that their fortunes continue to climb.
Kristin Bauman, the 21-year-old with a $1.2 million trust fund, learned early on that notoriety is far more seductive than propriety.
Who’s up, who’s down, who’s gone, and who’s new on our second annual study of the state’s superrich.
In her golden years, a lady is free to be imperious, incorrigible, impertinent, and altogether indispensable.
FYI: The Houston Post’s new society sleuth has great connections, a phone in her purse, and the complete attention of Houston’s haut monde.
Wealthy Texans have been heard to say that money is just a way of keeping score. Here's the scoreboard.
. . . they’d tell a tale of a half-century of Dallas wheeling and dealing
What kind of woman gets her own skin-care company, a place in Nouvelle Society, and the second-most-eligible bachelor in the world? Meet Georgette Mosbacher.
Going broke is for poor people. Here’s a whole chapter of Texans who have found ways to clear the books without losing their ranches, Rolls, or Rolexes.
From the heights of the Dallas social heap, they leaped to the national celebrity circuit. Rich, young, and fashionable, Twinkle and Bradley Bayoud are a case study in how to rise to the top.
Helmut Newton, world famous for his bizarre, sometimes shocking erotic photographs, turns his lens on another exotic subject—Texas tycoons.
At the top, a good family helps, clothes help, manners help, the right friends help, but nothing helps like money.
The strange legacy of the world’s richest man.
