Who Owns Mars? Inside the $129B Reclusive Family Behind the Candy Empire

Who Owns Mars? Inside the 9B Reclusive Family Behind the Candy Empire

Snack vending machine / snack dispenser selling colourful sweets and chocolate bars in public place. Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images When candy maker Mars completed its $35.9 billion acquisition of Kellanova in December 2025, it brought Pringles, Cheez-It and Pop-Tarts into the same company as M&M’s, Snickers and Skittles. The deal added those brands…

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Judy Glickman Lauder’s Vast Trove of Photography Is a Portrait of Its Collector

Judy Glickman Lauder’s Vast Trove of Photography Is a Portrait of Its Collector

Norman Seeff, Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, New York, 1969. Archival pigment print, 15 x 22 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine / Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection, 1.2016.1 / Courtesy the artist A child of a photo enthusiast, Judy Glickman Lauder—the widow of billionaire art collector Leonard Lauder—has collected photographs since…

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Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s 15-Point Peace Plan for Gaza

Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s 15-Point Peace Plan for Gaza

Soon after Netanyahu’s comments, Hamas encouraged mediators to continue putting pressure on Israel. Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official, wrote on X that the group is still “committed to the roadmap reached.” “We expect the mediators and the American guarantor to press Netanyahu and his government to compel him to adhere to the roadmap and…

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