Andreas Tzortzis

The Provocateur I’ve emphasized this a few times in newsletters before, but there’s a reason our generation is restless and so different from the ones that have preceded ours. I really believe it has something to do with growing up in the 60s and 70s, which produced a striking number...

The Gallerist The son of a painter and a successful fashion designer, Jason Vass was accustomed to the itinerant artist’s lifestyle as a child and all the good and bad that came with it. He himself has spent the majority of life in the art world, opening his first gallery...

The Confidante As a therapist focusing mainly on divorce, Virginia Gilbert sees herself less as a confidante to her clients than a publisher. “My job is to help people tell a story, and to flesh out their story,” she says. “And to tell them, ‘Hey, you can do that. Let’s take...

Model Beauty A creative soul, Mary Ann Elizabeth found satisfaction living an artist’s life and showing the students she taught at various art colleges that it was composed of sacrifice and work and diligence. But when the financial strain of it left her creatively exhausted, she began casting about for...

Land Steward If Edwina von Gal had her way, we’d all take a page out of nature’s notebook and stop trying to push back against the inevitable march of time. Her naturalist philosophy makes for an excellent metaphor for our movement. “You see this on people’s faces now. They’re not allowed...

David Cooley, Career Coach at UCLA Anderson School of Management and business owner, David E. Cooley Career and Executive Coaching David Cooley, 52, is a boots-on-the-ground expert at how the concepts of work and retirement have changed radically in the last few years. The outdated idea of a lifetime of...

photographed in london for AGEIST by Kalpesh Lathigra AGEIST 2016 Person of the Year The story of how a semi-retired 65-year-old became a celebrated digital entrepreneur begins not in a startup incubator, or even the light-bulb moment that turned frustration into a winning business idea, but in a children’s hospital room. “You've...

There are practically-minded people, and there is Scott Higgins. “Some people take it day by day,” he says. “Being an engineer, I put together a 5-year personal plan.” In his 30s and early 40s, the rocket engineer picked up three advanced degrees in the span of 13 years. In the last...

When David Bowie died earlier this year, obituaries reminded us not only of the impact of his artistry, but of what he represented for an entire generation. In his many transformations, the through line was clear enough to anyone bothering to pay attention: a refusal to be pinned down. There...

Craig Cooper is one of the busiest, smartest and fittest guys we know. Having spent years as a serial entrepreneur and investor, he is a self-proclaimed men’s fitness and wellness evangelist. Earlier this year he published one of our favorite books, Your New Prime, 30 Days to Better Sex, Eternal...