Vincent Astor's yacht, the Nourmahal, was among the largest private boats on the seas. Partly financed by the more than $300,000 profits realized from his investment in the 1926 film version of ...
The death of famed Yachtsman Vincent Astor in 1959 put a large question mark over the future of Newsweek magazine. In his will Astor left his controlling 60% of Newsweek’s stock—177,200 shares—to the ...