A Mexican billionaire was tricked into lending $400 million to a group of con artists — one of whom passed himself off as a ...

He called himself Gregory Mitchell and worked for what looked like an Astor family fund. But who was he really?

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, a Mexican billionaire, lost a significant portion of his fortune, around $5.5 billion, in a ...

As a youngster, John Jacob Astor worked for his father as a dairy salesman. He had three brothers, the eldest of whom, George, left home to work for an uncle in London who made musical instruments ...

Astor's family is mired in a bitter feud over her multimillion-dollar estate. Vanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward, who has written about the Astor family, talks with Madeleine Brand.

The Astor family once epitomized the American dream, dominated New York City, and wielded immense social power; However, this once influential name has since fallen from grace.

Anticipation of DeKalb Market Hall at City Point has been making tastebuds tingle since it was first announced in 2015 and appetites were rewarded when the bustling food hall finally opened to the ...

“Astor” sketches how subsequent generations either built on or frittered away the family’s initial fortune. It ends with the elder abuse case of Brooke Astor in the 2000s.

A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on ...

(CNN) — A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, will go up for sale at an auction of memorabilia from the doomed ship.