At his cousin's birthday party, besides David Ellison, he also got acquainted with several second and third-generation members of the Hearst and Bloomberg families.
There were Amanda Hearst's brothers, Georgia Bloomberg's cousins and brothers, as well as members of the Hilton and Mars families.
The young Hearsts were currently holding significant positions at the Hearst Corporation, which owns over fifty daily and weekly newspapers including "New York News," "San Francisco Examiner," "American People's News," "Chicago Examiner," and more than three hundred magazines such as "Harper's Bazaar," "Esquire," "Marie Claire," "ELLE," along with cable television and internet assets like A+E Networks, ESPN, and Netscape.
The Bloombergs, rich and noble in New York, with billions in family assets and great political influence—like Georgia's father, who held the position as New York City's mayor three times.