Forbes February 5, 2024
Lifestyle
To celebrate Fresh Take’s 100th edition, I thought: Wouldn’t it be fun to take a turn down memory lane?
This year marks a decade for me at Forbes. I’ve learned so much, and reporting for its magazine and beyond has brought me to some incredible destinations.
Below are my top 10 favorite features—from before this newsletter even existed. Explore these stories over the weekend, and know that I’m so proud of each and every one of you from around the world that have come together to read these missives every week. This is a smart audience, and I’m only going to keep elevating. If you’ve been with me since 2021, if you’ve just subscribed, or if you’ve joined me somewhere along the way, thank you! Onwards!
— Chloe Sorvino, Staff Writer
Amy Novogratz
JAMEL TOPPIN/THE FORBES COLLECTIONAmy Novogratz fought back from a brain tumor that could have killed her to build the world’s largest sustainable aquaculture investment fund.
GT Dave, the founder of GT's Living Foods, photographed at the company's headquarters, Vernon, CA in April 2019.
ETHAN PINES/THE FORBES COLLECTION;GT Dave once had the kombucha market all to himself. Now he must survive a flood of competitors.
Leigh, Zane, Bill, Heather, and Charisse Keith of Perfect Snacks photographed for Forbes By Tim Pannell in April 2019.
TIM PANNELL/THE FORBES COLLECTIONAs their father lay dying, the 13 Keith siblings took his recipe for a snack no one could sell—a refrigerated protein bar—and created a $300 million startup.
Marygrace Sexton and dtr Natalie Sexton of Natalie's Orchid Island Juice photographed by David Yellen in January 2019.
DAVID YELLEN/THE FORBES COLLECTIONMarygrace Sexton sold her orange juice company, then watched it start to spoil. A rescue operation was needed.
Bill Holst, Wisconsin scrapyard owner and partial owner of Hangzhou Qiandaohu Xunlong Sci-Tech, a sturgeon farm and caviar-processing company based in China, photographed for Forbes in November 2018 by Tim Pannell.
TIM PANNELL/THE FORBES COLLECTIONThe most coveted fish eggs in the world aren't produced in Russia. They're made in China—by Bill Holst, the accidental caviar king.
Archie Aldis “Red” Emmerson of Sierra Pacific Industries photographed in December 2017 for Forbes. Tim Pannell/The Forbes Collection
TIM PANNELL/THE FORBES COLLECTIONFrom humble beginnings traipsing through California’s vast forests with his dad to salvaging wood from forest fires, Red Emmerson has built a logging empire by being cheaper and more aggressive than his rivals.
Nancy Twine of Briogeo, photographed for Forbes in August 2018.
JAMEL TOPPIN/THE FORBES COLLECTIONInspired by personal tragedy and her family’s homemade beauty concoctions, Nancy Twine went from trading commodities on Wall Street to building a fast-growing luxury hair-care brand.
A view of a Pizza Hut cheese pan pizza
GETTY IMAGES FOR PIZZA HUTFrom Pizza Hut and Domino's to Little Caesars and Papa John's, the vast majority of pizzas in America feature mozzarella from one company. For the first time, secretive billionaire James Leprino explains how he built a cheese juggernaut.
Henry Davis of Greater Omaha Packing photographed in July 2017 for Forbes.
JAMEL TOPPIN/THE FORBES COLLECTIONHenry Davis made a billion-dollar fortune by carefully growing his family's small-scale slaughterhouse into one of the country's top suppliers of high-quality beef. It's always been quality over quantity, and Greater Omaha's customers like it that way—even when they can't get all the meat they want.
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 17: Getty trustee Stewart Resnick (L) and Lynda Resnick (R) pose during The J. Paul Getty Medal Dinner on October 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ryan Miller/WireImage)
WIREIMAGEFresh off sapping the water from a Pacific island and flogging pomegranate juice with questionable health claims, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, the billionaire couple behind Fiji Water and POM Wonderful, are profiting off pistachios and almonds with the same combination of marketing genius and opportunistic water grabs amid California's worst drought on record.
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