“Next to fashion and art, flowers are my great passion in life and in work,” remarked Andrew Gn, prior to the opening of the San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show this week, for which he served as honorary chair.

“Floral themes are recurrent in almost all my collections, and every week I make sure to have fresh seasonal flowers all around my home,” said the Paris-based designer who counts some of San Francisco’s most socially prominent women as friends and clients. It’s fitting, then, that the theme of this year’s show was Flower Power, a hometown nod to the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love…

Visit “Town & Country” to read all about the 2017 gala!

San Francisco’s newest restaurant, Botellón, recently welcomed guests to a private gathering to celebrate its widely anticipated opening on Market Street.

Attendees such as Honorable Former Mayor Willie Brown, Sonya Molodetskaya, Farah Makras, Sobia Shaikh, and Hooman Khalili enjoyed an evening of complimentary hand-crafted specialty cocktails from a menu designed by Jesse Ostroski and Saul Ranella along with passed plates of modern rustic creations of California cuisine with Mediterranean regional influences prepared by Executive Chef Nicholas Andoe.

Located at 2200 A Market Street, Botellón captures the culture and spirit known as “El Botellón”— informal street gatherings for drinking and socializing which launched throughout communities in Spain decades ago.

It was an evening to marvel at the beauty of the earth and stars when La Prairie recently hosted a special dinner at the California Academy of Science to celebrate its Platinum Rare Collection.

Before being ushered into a darkened room lit with images of the galaxy projected to the wall, guests were given a special tour of the museum’s rare gems and minerals collection.

Attended by La Prairie’s President, Francois Le Gloan, and guests of Saks Fifth Avenue and MGK Style, the event (entitled “A Drop of Magic”) drew attention to the fact that the ultra-luxe product (the “Cellular Night Elixir” is priced at $1,200) contains the most precious metal on earth, platinum.

Guests included stylist Mary Gonsalves Kinney, jewelry designer Emily Wheeler, Ondrea Vicklund, Mary Beth Shimmon, Cici Deng, Meghan Kanodia, and others.

The San Francisco Decorator Showcase recently announced the 2018 designers who will transform the home at 465 Marina Boulevard, the first time the event has taken place in San Francisco’s Marina District.

Built by architect George McCrea in 1930, 465 Marina Boulevard overlooks the Marina Green, with wide windows to take advantage of the outstanding views.

This year’s event runs from April 28th through May 29th, 2018, with preview parties on April 26th and 27th.

Designers include:

Molie Malone Interior Design
Bjorn Design
Ian Stallings Design
Kari McIntosh Design
Dina Bandman Interiors
Willem Racke Studio
BLANKwalls Design
Mead Quin Design
bd home design + interiors
Coddington Design
Bashford Design
Elementi Designs Inc.
Eden Wright Design
September Studio
Jeff Schlarb Design Studio
AND Design + Construction
MODtage design
Lane McNab Interiors
Elan Evans Decorative Finishes
Cynthia Spence Design Inc.
DLC-ID

Check decoratorshowcase.org for details.

Prior to the opening of “Casanova: The Seduction of Europe,” at the Legion of Honor, high level donors and supporters of the museum were invited to an elegant dinner premiere of the delightful new exhibit, which explores the 18th century across Europe through the eyes of one of its most colorful characters, Giacomo Casanova.

Among those who attended, and joined in the mood of the evening with costume touches inspired by the 18th century, were Carl and Yurie Pascarella, David and Mary Beth Shimmon, Dede Wilsey, Denise Fitch, Gretchen Kimball, Jack Calhoun, Lauren Hall, Lucy Hamilton, Martin Chapman, Max Hollein, Sobia Shaikh, and others.

Here are some scenes from the elegant masquerade…

Max Hollein, Dede Wilsey, David and Mary Beth Shimmon

Dede Wilsey

Lauren Hall

Sobia Shaikh

“A Gorgeous Night at the Museum”

Carl Pascarella and Yuri Pascarella

Jack Calhoun and Max Hollein

CD Dickerson

Mary Beth Shimmon and Ricky Serbin

Sheila Ortona and Lorenzo Ortona

If your kitchen is so pristinely minimalist it resembles a science lab, the new collection of appliances Dolce & Gabbana designed for Smeg is probably not for you.

But for the rest of us — bored with decades of stainless-steel-this and shiny-white-that — these incredible new items arrive with great enthusiasm.

The small collection is comprised of a toaster, tea kettle and juicer (available at Neiman Marcus for $600 each), with boldly colored silk screen and lithography on the surfaces.

Most coveted, though, are refrigerators ($50,000 at Neiman Marcus) that have been hand-painted in Italy by artists such as Michele Ducato, Gianfranco Fiore and Michelangelo Lacagnina, with intricate, vibrant scenes of Sicilian life and history.

Here are some of our favorites.

Refrigerator Painted by Michelangelo Lacagnina

Refrigerator Painted by Gianfranco Fiore

Refrigerator Painted by Michele Ducato

Dolce & Gabbana Tea Kettle

Dolce & Gabbana Toaster

How many billionaires are there in the Bay Area? Who’s the richest person in San Francisco? Today we present you with our annual “Bay Area Billionaires” list for 2018, to answer those and other questions about the region’s wealthiest.

Not surprisingly, there are more billionaires here than ever — with new additions to the list thanks to some recent IPOs and the explosion of the cryptocurrency market.

Other additions include the world’s youngest self-made billionaire (John Collison, the 27 year old co-founder of Stripe), a female self-made billionaire (Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal), and the world’s richest cryptocurrency billionaire Chris Larsen, who at one point on January 4th of this year was worth $59 billion thanks to his holdings in Ripple, making him momentarily the 9th richest person on the planet (the value has since dropped, putting him at a meager $4.7 billion as of this writing.)

The following estimates are compiled from information provided by Forbes (April 2018 numbers), Bloomberg.com, the Hurun Global Rich List, stock quotes as of April 2018, and other publicly available sources.

As high net worth individuals typically have multiple homes around the world, we include them on this list if they have a home or business here, or spend most of their time here (it’s a subjective call — for instance, we don’t include Elon Musk because he’s based mostly in LA and doesn’t appear to own a home here, though some of his companies are headquartered in the Bay Area.)

Our list stops at number 103. There are several more, especially in the venture capital sector, but their numbers aren’t public and they haven’t been added to Forbes or Bloomberg lists, so we didn’t feel comfortable adding them. Let’s just say, if we added names of people in the $500 Million to $1 Billion range, there could easily be 150 more entries.

Over 10 percent of the richest Americans live here, and this is who they are..

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1. Mark Zuckerberg
Net Worth: $70 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto & San Francisco

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2. Larry Page
Net Worth: $53.2 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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3. Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $52.7 Billion
Residence: Woodside, San Francisco

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4. Sergey Brin
Net Worth: $51.9 Billion
Residence: Los Altos, San Francisco

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5. Paul Allen
Net Worth: $25 Billion
Residence: Atherton

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6. Laurene Powell Jobs
Net Worth: $18.6 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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7. Dustin Moskovitz
Net Worth: $16.4 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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8. Masayoshi Son
Net Worth: $13.5 Billion
Residence: Tokyo & Woodside

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9. Eric Schmidt
Net Worth: $13.4 Billion
Residence: Atherton

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10. Jan Koum
Net Worth: $10.5 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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11. Gordon and Betty Moore
Net Worth: $10.3 Billion
Residence: Woodside

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12. Charles Schwab
Net Worth: $9.84 Billion
Residence: San Francisco, Atherton

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13. David Duffield
Net Worth: $9.36 Billion
Residence: Blackhawk

David Duffield

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14. John Doerr
Net Worth: $7.6 Billion
Residence: Woodside, San Francisco

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15. Andreas (Andy) von Bechtolsheim
Net Worth: $6.7 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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16. John A. Sobrato and Family
Net Worth: $6.6 Billion
Residence: Atherton

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17. Brian Acton
Net Worth: $6 Billion
Residence: Mountain View

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18. David Cheriton
Net Worth: $6 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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19. George Roberts
Net Worth: $5.77 Billion
Residence: Atherton

The George Roberts Family
Son Eric, wife Linnea, George, daughter Courtney and son Mark
Credit: Drew Altizer

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20. Marc Benioff
Net Worth: $5.62 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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21. David Filo
Net Worth: $5.23 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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22. George Lucas
Net Worth: $5.1 Billion
Residence: San Anselmo

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23. Jeffrey Skoll
Net Worth: $4.93 Billion
Residence: Woodside

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24. Rupert Johnson, Jr.
Net Worth: $4.91 Billion
Residence: Burlingame

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25. Garrett Camp
Net Worth: $4.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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26. Charles Johnson
Net Worth: $4.72 Billion
Residence: Hillsborough

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27. Chris Larsen
Net Worth: $4.7 Billion (based on XRP price 4/18/18)
Residence: San Francisco

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28. Stephen Bechtel, Jr.
Net Worth: $4.64 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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29. Reed Hastings
Net Worth: $4.64 Billion
Residence: Santa Cruz

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30. Robert Pera
Net Worth: $4.4 Billion
Residence: San Jose

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31. Dagmar Dolby
Net Worth: $4.31 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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32. Michael Moritz
Net Worth: $4.2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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33. Travis Kalanik
Net Worth: $4.17 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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34. Bryan Chesky
Net Worth: $3.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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35. Nathan Blecharczyk
Net Worth: $3.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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36. Joe Gebbia
Net Worth: $3.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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37. Ken Fisher
Net Worth: $3.7 Billion
Residence: Woodside

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38. Yuri Milner
Net Worth: $3.7 Billion
Residence: Moscow & Los Altos Hills

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39. Douglas Leone
Net Worth: $3.7 Billion
Residence: Atherton

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40. Jed McCaleb
Net Worth: $3.5 Billion (based on XRP price 4/18/18)
Residence: Atherton

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41. Reid Hoffman
Net Worth: $3.2 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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42. Riley Bechtel and Family
Net Worth: $3.2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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43. Meg Whitman
Net Worth: $3.2 Billion
Residence: Atherton

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44. Scott Cook
Net Worth: $3.2 Billion
Residence: Woodside

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45. Romesh T. Wadhwani
Net Worth: $3.1 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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46. Jack Dorsey
Net Worth: $3.1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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47. Jim Breyer
Net Worth: $3 Billion
Residence: San Francisco, Woodside

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48. Drew Houston
Net Worth: $3 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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49. Thomas Siebel
Net Worth: $2.9 Billion
Residence: Atherton

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50. Doris Fisher
Net Worth: $2.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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51. John Fisher
Net Worth: $2.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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52. Jeff Rothschild
Net Worth: $2.8 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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53. Jay Paul
Net Worth: $2.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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54. Sean Parker
Net Worth: $2.6 Billion
Residence: New York, San Francisco

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55. Jerry Yang
Net Worth: $2.6 Billion
Residence: Los Altos Hills

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56. Vinod Khosla
Net Worth: $2.3 Billion
Residence: Portola Valley

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57. Richard Peery
Net Worth: $2.5 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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58. Peter Thiel
Net Worth: $2.5 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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59. Mark Stevens
Net Worth: $2.5 Billion
Residence: Atherton

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60. John Pritzker
Net Worth: $2.4 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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61. Daniel Pritzker
Net Worth: $2.4 Billion
Residence: Marin

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62. John Arrillaga
Net Worth: $2.4 Billion
Residence: Portola Valley

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63. Alexander Spanos and Family
Net Worth: $2.4 Billion
Residence: Stockton

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64. James Coulter
Net Worth: $2.2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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65. Barbara Banke
Net Worth: $2.3 Billion
Residence: Sonoma County

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66. Gordon Getty
Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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67. Kavitark Ram Shriram
Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Residence: Menlo Park

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68. William Randolph Hearst III
Net Worth: $2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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69. Robert Duggan
Net Worth: $2 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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70. Evan Williams
Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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71. William Fisher
Net Worth: $1.7 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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72. Robert Fisher
Net Worth: $1.7 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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73. Ron Conway
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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74. Thomas Steyer
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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75. Aneel Bhusri
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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76. Ben Silbermann
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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77. Sheryl Sandberg
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: Menlo Park

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78. Kevin Systrom
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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79. Nicholas Pritzker, II.
Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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80. Mark Pincus
Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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81. Tim Draper
Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Residence: Atherton

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82. Jayshree Ullal
Net Worth: $1.32 Billion
Residence: Santa Clara

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83. Alexander Karp
Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto

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84. Craig Newmark
Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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85. Alice Schwartz
Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Residence: El Cerrito

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86. Marc Andreessen
Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Residence: Atherton

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87. Ryan Graves
Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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88. Arash Ferdowsi
Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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89. Brad Garlinghouse
Net Worth: $1.2 Billion (based on XRP price 4/18/18)
Residence: San Francisco

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90. John Martin
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Residence: Hillsborough

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91. Carl Berg
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Residence: Atherton

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92. Peter Gassner
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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93. Chris Sacca
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Residence: Lake Tahoe, LA

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94. Mary Miner and Family
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Residence: Oakville

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95. Evan Sharp
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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96. John Morgridge
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: Portola Valley

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97. George Marcus
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: Los Altos Hills

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98. Sandy Weil
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: Sonoma

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99. Orion Hindawi
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: Piedmont

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100. David Hindawi
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: Berkeley

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101. Patrick Collison
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

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102. John Collison
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

103. Arthur D. Levinson
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco

Designed by the Parisian architecture agency RDAI, under the direction of Denis Montel, the boutique has been designed to embrace natural light and the beautiful Stanford surroundings while showcasing the Hermès collection of métiers among digital installations by artists such as Eric Vernhes.

Contemporary artist Eva Jospin crafted signature cardboard landscapes, inspired by the Northern Californian environment, as a backdrop for the event.

See photos from the evening in the slideshow below!

Jessica Silverman Gallery recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with the opening of a marvelous group show, titled “Kinship.”

The exhibition features works by the gallery’s extended family of represented artists and artist-friends, addressing themes of brotherhood, sisterhood, subcultures and tribes, twinning and aesthetic genealogies.

On Saturday, Aug 4th, Saks Fifth Avenue and the League to Save Lake Tahoe welcomed 660 people to Lake Tahoe for their annual luncheon and fashion show featuring Oscar de la Renta.

Now in its 49th year, the event raised more than $870,000 to keep Tahoe blue.

Oscar de la Renta Co-Creative Directors Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia introduced the Resort 2019 collection with CEO Alex Bolen and his wife Eliza Bolen, Executive Vice President for the brand.

“Our resort collection looked incredible against Lake Tahoe with the blue backdrop and wind giving life to the dresses on the runway,” said Laura Kim.

The show featured 64 looks including everything from modern power suits in pop colors, shorts suit sets, signature Oscar toile du juoy prints done in modern silhouettes, sleek cut-out gowns with high slits, and petal and wedgewood pastel day dresses.

Jeffrey Kalinsky recently celebrated the opening of his eponymous Jeffrey luxury specialty store at Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto with an in-store cocktail party co-hosted by Vogue.

It’s the third store for Kalinsky, in addition to Jeffrey Atlanta and Jeffrey New York.

More than 200 party goers were the first to shop and experience the 12,000-square-foot space, with its meticulously-edited selections of designer apparel, shoes and accessories for women and men from Celine, Gucci, Balenciaga, Dries Van Noten, Christian Dior, Prada, Miu Miu, Valentino, Rick Owens, Gianvito Rossi and more.

See photos from the opening night party below!

Artist Kara Walker was recently honored with the SFMOMA Contemporary Vision Award, at a dinner organized by the Modern Art Council, and attended by museum supporters and artists.

Works by the Stockton-born artist have been showcased in numerous exhibitions and are held in museum collections worldwide, including the SFMOMA which represented Walker’s first solo museum exhibition on the West Coast in 1997. She’s best known for her explorations of issues related to race, gender, sexuality and violence through the use of silhouetted figures.

The event featured a presentation of the award (a custom engraved monocle designed by Natsuko Toyofuku), and a conversation between the artist and curator Eungie Joo.

Among those attending the event were Courtney Dallaire, Laura Nagle, Liam Everett, Alicia McCarthy, Sean McFarland, K.r.m. Mooney, Lindsey White, Ari Marcopoulos, Rosana Castrillo Díaz, Charles Gaines, Barry McGee, Clare Rojas, Jayde Fish, Pamela Joyner, Komal Shah, Wayee Chu, Brent Sikkema, Monkia Sprüth, Linda Harrison, Stephen Beal, Gordon Knox, among others.

Barbara Brown and J. Riccardo Benavides recently hosted a welcome reception in honor of Anna Chung, the new general manager for Saks Fifth Avenue in San Francisco.

Held at Brown’s beautiful Pacific Heights home, the event was attended by around 50 guests, including Dr. Carolyn Chang, Mary Beth Shimmon, Jane Mudge, and Joel Goodrich.

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Paris-based designer Esteban Cortazar recently presented pieces from his Spring 2018 collection at a luncheon hosted by stylist Mary Gonsalves Kinney.

Held at Julie and Sébastien Lépinard’s ultra-hip gallery, 836M, the event was attended by Calgary Avansino, Emily Wheeler, Sara Abbasi, Sobia Shaikh, Mary Beth Shimmon, Camilla Papale, Sonia Maria Edwards, Maghan McDowell, Lisa Zabelle, Bahya Murad, Burcu Garnier, Natalie Rosendin, Meghan Kanodia, Lauren Godfrey, and Hani Kashef, among others.

Versions of the 33-year-old designer’s signature piece, the stretch jersey “Salsa Dress” that flares out at the hem, have recently been seen on celebrities and influencers around the globe, such as First Lady Melania Trump and documentary producer Marley Clements in Washington, Natalie Joos, Hannah Bronfman, and Astrid Munoz in New York, Tracee Ellis Ross in Los Angeles, Pia Cohler and photographer Jamie Beck in France, television host Angela Saiz in Spain, and Marion Caunter in Singapore.

You can read more about Esteban’s visit at TownAndCountryMag.com.

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International icons and A-listers from the worlds of art, film, fashion, and the conservation movement joined Leonardo DiCaprio in Santa Rosa recently to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his charitable endeavor, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.

Catherine Deneuve and Sophia Loren, world-famous anthropologist Jane Goodall, and 97-year old painter Wayne Thiebaud, were among those who attended the glamorous gala and auction, which raised more than $7 million.

DiCaprio’s co-hosts were philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs and environmental philanthropist Julia Jackson, the second-generation proprietor of Jackson Family Wines who provided her family’s Jackson Park Ranch in Santa Rosa for the occasion.

See all the photos and details from the event (Naomi Campbell looked stunning in Alexander McQueen) at TownAndCOuntryMag.com

The Castro Theatre in San Francisco was recently the setting for a special screening of 20th Century Fox’s new film, Bohemian Rhapsody.

Rami Malek, who plays Freddie Mercury in the foot-stomping celebration of legendary British rock band Queen, attended with co-stars Joseph Mazzello, who plays Queen bass guitarist John Deacon, and Gwilym Lee, who took on the role of Queen lead guitarist Brian May.

The film opens nationwide on November 2, 2018, but Malek is already being praised by critics, with some mentioning him as a possible Oscar contender for his bold, passionate performance.

Prior to the screening, guests were entertained by San Francisco band The Killer Queens, the world’s only all-female tribute to Queen.

When the late Achille Maramotti founded Max Mara nearly seven decades ago, one of the things he set out to do was “make the ordinary extraordinary.”

All these many years later, Max Mara’s classic camel coat is one of those extraordinary pieces that demonstrates Maramotti met his goal. Maria Giulia Maramotti — Achille’s granddaughter, and the brand’s Global Brand Ambassador — recently came to San Francisco, where she hosted a luncheon in celebration of the coat’s iconic status.

Co-hosted by Katie Traina and Meghan Harris, the event also raised funds for Benefit Compass Family Services, with 10 percent of sales proceeds going to the organization which helps homeless and at-risk families.

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Jay Jeffers recently debuted his second book, Be Bold: Bespoke Modern Interiors, with an event at Coup D’Etat attended by 300 friends, fans and a Who’s Who of the San Francisco design world.

Guests dressed boldly in honor of the book’s title, with Jay’s husband and brand director Michael Purdy embracing the theme from head to toe — literally — wearing silver sequined shoes, mesh top, studded collar, and a tinsel mop of green hair? you simply must see for yourself.

Guests such as Holly Baxter, Burcu Garnier, Shauna Harden, Reese and Shawn Forbes, Lisa Dolby Chadwick, David Nash and more, enjoyed an array of bold party surprises, including an artistic balloon installation and mural by Area Environments that made for a stunning photo booth

The book itself is a beautiful showcase of 14 of Jay’s favorite projects since publishing his first book in 2014. Be Bold: Bespoke Modern Interiors is now available at jayjeffers.com

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Jay Paul Company recently welcomed 150 guests into its newly debuted penthouse at 181 Fremont designed by Kendall Wilkinson Design.

Guests toured the $15.5 million residence (the price includes furnishings and finishes), while enjoying the stunning panoramic views from 700 feet in the sky.

The event showcased Kendall Wilkinson’s signature glam style, with art curated by Holly Baxter, and impeccable florals by Kathleen Deery, as well as champagne, oysters, caviar and custom artisan cocktails by Rye of the Road.

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Pace Gallery Palo Alto recently celebrated the opening of its new exhibit, Agnes Martin / Navajo Blankets, with a reception attended by Lucy Southworth Page, Elizabeth Sullivan, and Courtney Kass, among others.

Featuring a selection of paintings by Agnes Martin alongside handwoven textiles created in the 19th century by Navajo women, it is the first major exhibition bringing together a selection of the artist’s large-scale paintings alongside masterwork Navajo Chief Wearing Blankets.

It is on view through October 28th, 2018.