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Entertainment
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Leaders from the worlds
of business, academia, SMOKING
entertainment and
34 politics share what’s on
SENSATIONS
their bedside table.

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Under 30 alumna

SHE SAID
by Jodi Kantor and
Megan Twohey

When New York Times
reporters Kantor and
Twohey broke the
Harvey Weinstein story
in 2017, they opened

the floodgates for a
deluge of previously
suppressed stories of
sexual harassment and
the broader #MeToo
movement. She Said he two DJs who make up the world’s highest-earning electronic-music act
(Penguin Press, 2019) T have spun themselves a pair of new identities: onstage, as a formidable arena-
presents a behind-the- rock band; offstage, as equally formidable investors.

scenes look at the in- DREW TAGGART WEARS A WOOL SUIT AND COTTON SHIRT BY LOUIS VUITTON. HAIR AND MAKEUP: SUZANA HALLILI (TEMPTU AND MARIO BADESCU).
vestigative journalism Moments before igniting a crowd of nearly 12,000 at Nashville’s Bridgestone
process and the gut- Arena in late October, the Chainsmokers—Alex Pall, 34 (above, left), and Drew
wrenching bravery of Taggart, 29, who was honored as part of the Forbes Under 30 Class of 2017—check off the final

the women who came PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMEL TOPPIN FOR FORBES; ALEX PALL WEARS A WOOL SUIT AND COTTON SHIRT BY DOLCE & GABBANA.

forward. The thing that items on their greenroom to-do list. In order: a run-through of the first song’s chorus, a round
struck me most was of tequila shots (a fiduciary duty, as you’ll see) and a jokey command for Pall’s golden retriever,

how entrenched the

legal and corporate loafing nearby. “Mooshu!” Pall hollers. “Take care of the house!”
power structures are Their 90-minute set is a contrast to the more intimate Las Vegas shows that helped the
that protect predatory pair earn some $46 million (pretax) in 2019. (Those concerts were part of a recently extended
behavior. Those of us
trying to build enlight- three-year deal with Wynn Nightlife.) They spread the love—the Nashville gig featured fellow
ened and inclusive Under 30 alumni Kelsea Ballerini and 5 Seconds of Summer. More shots, too: The Chain-
organizations can’t smokers are the two biggest nonfounding stakeholders in JaJa Tequila, a two-year-old brand
ignore the systemic

realities we need to out of New York. It’s one component of a financial strategy through which the duo shun
address. She Said is a typical endorsements in favor of investments in Uber, Los Angeles–based motorized-scooter BY ZACK O’MALLEY GREENBURG
must-read for those

who want to change maker Wheels and a company called Ember, which makes “smart mugs” for coffee and tea
an unacceptable obsessives. Don’t expect to see one onstage, though. “You want the product to stand up on its
status quo. own two feet, and I think long-term,” Taggart says. “That’s what we’re in this for.”

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