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Ultimate power players

The Houston billionaires club gets a new member: City's grip on Forbes Billionaires list tightens

By Whitney Radley

03.04.13 | 4:02 pm

Billionaires are easy to come by these days, with Forbes Magazine's 2013 tally at an all-time high — 1,426 members worldwide.  The United States leads Forbes' just-relea ...


Shelby's Social Diary

Mardi Gras goes cowboy: George Mitchell shakes up the party with a Tremont House waltz

By Shelby Hodge

02.13.13 | 12:24 pm

Galveston might have adopted the "Jazz, Jazz, Jazz" theme for its 2013 Mardi Gras celebrations, but George Mitchell, venerable king of the island's Mardi Gras, opted for a Western the ...


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Friends with money: Dueling Docs at a heartfelt dinner help raise $600,000 for research

By Shelby Hodge

10.12.12 | 7:12 am

The 11th annual Friends Dinner rolled in the dough at River Oaks Country Club where the Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation matched every dollar raised, resulting in a generous $600,000 destin ...


Kinder is richest

The rich get richer: Tilman Fertitta joins 12 Houston billionaires on Forbes 400 list

By Whitney Radley

09.19.12 | 4:24 pm

Texas banked on the 2012 Forbes 400 list, with 46 of the billionaires calling the Lone Star State home. Wal-Mart heiress and Fort Worth resident Alice Walton (No. 8, with a ...


Team Woodlands pep rally

Is The Woodlands becoming the next energy corridor? Real estate experts are bullish on the future

By Marlo Saucedo

02.24.12 | 3:55 pm

During a recent real estate event called “The Future of The Woodlands,” a crowd of nearly 900 suited corporate types meandered past the chocolate fountain and munchie smorgasboard at Th ...


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The best Mardi Gras party of all? It's beads, floats and music at tempting Tremont House bash

By Shelby Hodge

02.21.12 | 12:09 pm

"Mr. Galveston" himself, George Mitchell, and the entire Mitchell clan rolled out the purple, green and gold carpet for more than 600 revelers Saturday night for the 28th annual Tremont H ...


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RDA celebrates The Woodlands at Bayou City Event Center and 1,000 show up to party

By Shelby Hodge

11.19.11 | 7:15 pm

Applause, applause for The Woodlands Development Co., which has continued through half a century to honor the gentle urban vision of founder George Mitchell. That was the focus of the Rice Design A ...


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A little dinner in River Oaks earns $765,000 for Baylor College of Medicine's heart disease center

By Shelby Hodge

10.07.11 | 11:08 am

The 10th anniversary dinner of the Friends for the Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke was a sellout weeks before the curtain rose on the evening at River Oaks Country Club. And when all the cal ...


What recession?

Who are Houston's richest? Rich Kinder, Jeff Hildebrand & Dan Duncan heirs on Forbes 400 list of American billionaires

By Sarah Rufca

09.22.11 | 1:43 pm

I  imagine the day when the Forbes' 400 list of the wealthiest Americans is released is like the billionaire version of Christmas morning, with old men bounding out of their silk sheets, a ...


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Besting George Mitchell, the famed Dr. Red Duke stole the show at Men of Distinction

By Shelby Hodge

05.09.11 | 11:01 am

Typically, the Men of Distinction luncheon is a fast-paced, no-nonsense, enjoyable fundraiser that fills the ballroom of River Oaks Country Club with notables. That is until last week when Dr. Red ...


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