HeyJaredMichael Gross
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Goodbye, Gripepad. Meet The Haves - Michael Gross (opens the original)
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I’ve launched The Haves, a new column on Substack, this week and invite you to opt in for a free subscription by clicking here. The Haves will take you behind the scenes of my career afflicting the comfortable since 1976. I’ll reveal how the wealthy, the powerful and the privileged behave, misbehave and shape our world. Money talks. So do I, and I’ll be telling new stories, backstories and war stories. Please join me there. As the sun comes down on Gripepad, it will still be archived here.
"Treasured Island isn’t the standard narrative." - Michael Gross (opens the original)
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St. Barth isn’t just a party island for bold-faced exhibitionists, says a reviewer. “What emerges in Treasured Island isn’t the standard narrative of speculators bulldozing a sylvan idyll,” says Bloomberg Pursuits. Though “his book details how a first generation of wealthy vacationers initiated, then profited spectacularly from, the island’s descent into crass ostentation…Gross personally agonizes over the push and pull ‘between new money and old, flash and pedigree, the sort of folks who expect
"A fascinating exploration of the intersection of wealth, fame, ambition, and paradise." - Michael Gross (opens the original)
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Jane Wilkens Michael invited me onto Better Than Before, her show/podcast on iHeartRadio Talk, Amazon, Pandora, Google Play, Spotify, and Apple Music. She says Treasured Island “traces the remarkable transformation of the once-sleepy Caribbean island of St. Barth into an international playground for billionaires, celebrities, and royalty. Filled with unforgettable characters, hidden history, and surprising revelations!” So is our half hour of captivating conversation. Listen to it here.
"Wild, scandalous, and untold," says The Table Read - Michael Gross (opens the original)
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“Discover the wild, scandalous, and untold history of how an impoverished volcanic outpost became the ultimate playground for billionaires and celebrities,” says England’s The Table Read arts and entertainment magazine. “Gross pulls back the curtain on how a forgotten Caribbean island morphed into a high-stakes playground for celebrities, tech titans, fashion moguls, and international oligarchs. Rather than offering a standard, glossy travel guide, Gross delivers a dense, highly entertaining soc
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