Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.

Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.

Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate.

Well, I grew up around the magazine and was part of a generation that was embracing our sexuality.

I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision.

I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.

Yes, last year we hit a record number of murders from guns [in Chicago]. And this year we are already outpacing last year's numbers. Now, there are contributing factors that are not under anybody's control and may seem odd, but it is factually true. One of them is actually the weather. There is a dramatic increase in gun violence when it is warmer. And we are having this climate change effect that is driving that.