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...We may frown at nepo babies, but we still fawn over Succession offering a small glimpse into that world....
...“I mean, you can’t not touch on the nepo baby thing and imposter syndrome,” he says. “I feel confident in who I am, but also conscious of what you and Dad achieved,” he tells Maria....
...Vanessa Redgrave, 85, is a nepo baby. Even Buster Keaton was a nepo baby, for Christ’s sake....
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...Spotting nepotism babies, or nepo babies, is all the rage on TikTok. This month, the Fashionista website published a list of “up and coming nepo babies to watch”....
...Nepo babies sometimes come in disguise — or at least with surnames that aren’t instantly recognisable....
...Even when no one tilts the scales illegitimately, nepo babies are hard to compete against....
...In the world of the arts, the in-term (originating with a viral tweet early last year) is “nepotism baby”, which has now been shortened to the even more teeth-dissolvingly twee “nepo baby”....
...“It’s not really a nepo-brother thing. He had nothing to do with me going to America [in 2006] — he was shocked. I got appointed by Bertelsmann....
...Nepo babies are no reason to shy away from the stock. The Lex team is interested in hearing more from readers. Please tell us what you think in the comments section below....
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...This is not a problem, surely, for his own four children, who sometimes get ribbed for being nepo-babies. “It is a 50/50 split between the advantages and disadvantages of their last name . . ....
...The fidgety and aggressive Nepo, as Nepomniachtchi is known, has demonstrated courage both on and off the board: he was one of 44 Russian chess players to sign a letter last year opposing the invasion of...
...Ten years and some 20 openings later, her disruptive successes have put paid to much of the nepo baby-centric speculation that initially surrounded her appointment – and made Rosewood popular with the industry...
...Another highlight is London’s Chiltern Firehouse hotel from 2014 — an exclusive, hedonistic venue kitted out like an Edwardian boarding house, where nepo babies party the night away....
...I overhear the actor say to Pakistan’s first female prime minister: “There’s this new term — ‘nepo-baby.’”...
...Many of America’s companies are run by nepo babies (to use the Gen-Z coinage), from mom-and-pop stores to huge businesses such as Mars, News Corp and Walmart....
Puzzle: can you checkmate like Nepo?
...Romy’s skills as a performer were tested in March when she published a TikTok about being a “nepo baby” that amassed some million views, went viral, and then completely disappeared....
...My colleague Elaine Moore also wrote a very entertaining piece about the tech sector’s nepo babies. Enjoy the festive break. Pan Kwan YukLex writer...
...Nor do we think nepo-baby promotion is a reason to reject the company. This should be a good year for LVMH....
...Shameless self-promotion Last year, the term “nepo baby” sprung up to describe celebrities and artists who rode to stardom because of their successful parents....
...The tech ‘nepo babies’ are coming Tech is still a fairly young industry, but tech founders may be able to pass on their companies to their offspring using a structure called dual-class shares....
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