heiress
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In 1948, they sold it to Elise Stern Haas, a Levi Strauss heiress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton outside the US Capitol on 17 December 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“It is your house,” the hotel heiress said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
It has held a position in the Garnier and Maybelline owner since 1974, when it bought in at the request of L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt to help stop the French government from nationalizing the company.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Joan Crawford made a specialty of the working girl role, in movies like Sadie McKee and Dancing Lady, and also did the heiress in Love on the Run and I Live My Life.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
A number of the Mars heiresses have held top roles at the candy and pet-food company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Who would listen to wealthy heirs and heiresses?
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Loopy heiresses, high-society murders and class anxiety galore populated my reading list, giving just enough of a thematic through line to provide interesting comparisons without becoming repetitive or boring.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
There were heirs and heiresses with vast fortunes and little to lose.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2019
Van never lost his way with women, and he later married and divorced at least two heiresses.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
