Once there starts to be a chill in the air, it's time to ditch the Hamptons in search of something more quaint and cozy.

The North Fork of Long Island, New York, just across the Peconic Bay from the more glitzy Hamptons, offers wineries, pumpkin patches, and decadent restaurants for friends and families to enjoy. 

Just an hour and 45 minutes from New York City, the North Fork is the perfect weekend escape. If driving isn't for you, the Long Island Railroad makes several stops across the North Fork, all the way out to Greenport.

We've put together a guide for the perfect fall getaway in Long Island's North Fork, including advice on where to eat, where to stay, and what to do. 

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Where to eat:

One of the most underrated parts of the North Fork is its up-and-coming food scene.

Caci, located in Southold, uses both locally sourced and Italian-imported ingredients to create its seasonal menus. Try any of the homemade pastas or hearty fall dishes.

Though it only opened a little over two years ago, American Beech, located on Main Street in Greenport, is already well-known for its market-fresh American fare. The buttermilk fried chicken is the perfect cozy dish.

For more family-friendly eats, try out Claudio's, which is also located in Greenport. It's the oldest, same-family-owned restaurant in the US, according to the National Restaurant Association.

While college Greek life is most often associated with frat parties, formals, and kegs, professionally your Greek affiliation could be hugely beneficial.

Fraternities and sororities have vast networks that come in handy.

With that in mind, Business Insider put together a list of some of the most powerful people who rushed Greek organizations in college.

From the current US vice president to arguably the best professional basketball player of all time, take a look at the chart below to see some of the most powerful people who have gone Greek. 

Lauren Browning contributed to a previous version of this post.

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Airline workers have a lot of tricks up their sleeves that could help you book a better, cheaper flight, avoid sitting next to babies, and more! Following is a transcript of the video.

Airline workers reveal 6 industry secrets to fly like a pro.

1. The best time to book your ticket: 2:30 p.m. E.T. on Tuesday. Most tickets are bought on the weekend. It takes a day or so to process those tickets, then the airline puts the leftover inventory on sale.

2. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! Airplane cabin air is less than 20% humidity. That's even drier than the Sahara, which is 25% humidity. You'll become dehydrated much faster in a dry environment, so try to fill up a water bottle before your flight.

3. Fly at odd hours to avoid sitting next to a baby. Experts say most new parents won't fly at odd hours. So book a late-night flight or a very early-morning flight. Also, try not to sit near the bulkheads. Baby bassinets can be secured on the partitions.

4. Bring cash if you're eyeing a better seat. You might be able to pay the person sitting there to switch!

5. Sit at the back of the plane to get better service. If you sit closer to the flight attendant's area, they'll be quicker to respond. It'll also easier for them to slip you extra drinks, but only if you're polite!

6. Check in early to avoid being bumped from your flight. Some airlines bump those who checked in last, or they'll bump whoever has the cheapest ticket.

Enjoy your trip!

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It's safe to say that Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, has cash to burn. He's worth roughly $84 billion and owns 17% of the Amazon empire. So where does a man like Bezos rest his head at night? Although his company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Bezos own five homes across the country, and is the country's 25th largest landowner, according to the Land Report. 

Here are the five estates the Bezos clan calls home:

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Medina, Washington

In the same neighborhood as Bill Gates, Bezos owns two homes spanning 5.3 acres. According to the Wall Street Journal, he paid $10 million for the property in 1998. One home is a 20,600 square foot, five-bedroom, four-bathroom house, and the other a 8,300 square foot, five bedroom, four bathroom. Right on the shores of Lake Washington, the estate underwent a $28 million renovation in 2010 and boasts 310 feet of shoreline and a boathouse. 

Sources: The Wall Street Journal

Beverly Hills, California

Bezos bought this Spanish style mansion in 2007 for $24.45 million. The seven-bedroom seven-bathroom home is  advertised by Dream Homes Magazine as having a greenhouse, a sunken and lighted tennis court, a huge swimming pool, four fountains, and a six-car garage. The street is a hotspot for Hollywood stars, and is said to have been home to Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Walter Matthau.

Source: The Wall Street Journal and Dream Homes Magazine 

Beverly Hills, California

Apparently the first house did not fit Bezos' space requirements. This past July he bought a comparatively modest four bedroom, 4,568 home for $12.9 million right next door to his first house. As you can see in the above picture, Bezos' property dominates the mansion-filled block. 

 Source: The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times

Despite her busy schedule with the All About Your Boom Campaign, Patti LaBelle stopped by Business Insider to teach us how to make her world-famous sweet potato pie.

Want one for yourself? Here's an easy, yet delicious recipe that you can try at home:

Ingredients: Sweet potatoes (2½ pounds), Unsalted butter (½ cup), Granulated sugar (1 cup), Evaporated milk (½ cup), Eggs (2 large), Ground nutmeg (1 tsp), Ground cinnamon (1 tsp), Salt (¼ tsp), Pie Crust

Step 1. Mix and stir all the ingredients with the mashed up sweet potatoes

Step 2. Fill the pie crust with the mixing

Step 3. Bake at 375°F for 15 minutes then bake at 350°F for 30 more minutes.

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For Google's SVP of platforms and ecosystems Hiroshi Lockheimer, work and free time tend to blend a bit.

He usually ends up spending at least part of his evening working on projects.

"It's not something that's easy for me to compartmentalize," he told Business Insider.

Still, Lockheimer achieves balance by making time for activities that are important to him, like taking his kids to school and exercising, as well as sticking to a standard 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. workday.

"I fully recognize that there's no single formula and everyone is different and everyone has a different threshold," Lockheimer said. "For me, though, the underlying point in all this is I'm really passionate about what I'm doing so it comes a little bit naturally for me."

Here's a look inside his busy schedule:

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Lockheimer said he wakes up excited to head to work. "I love my job," he said. "I like the projects that I'm doing. I'm very passionate about those things."

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As part of the job, Lockheimer has to travel quite a lot.

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"We're a partnership-based business and our partners are all over the world," he said.

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Eli J. Finkel, professor at Northwestern University and the author of "The All-or-Nothing Marriage," explains one type of marriage that is most likely to end in divorce. Following is a transcript of the video.

Eli Finkel: I'm a psychologist which means that most of the research I do involves things like bringing couples to our psychology laboratory and then videotaping them and coding their behaviors and then following them over time to see how happy they are or whether they break up.

And one of the things that was deeply alarming to me when I did that was discovering just how different marriage rates and divorce rates are among people who are better educated versus worse educated.

It turns out, and I was surprised to find this out, that among people who are college educated, the divorce rates have actually plummeted since about 1980, they have come down significantly since ... their high around 1980.

But people who don't have a high school degree, people who are relatively uneducated have a higher divorce rate than ever, and a lower marriage rate, and when they are married, the marriages tend not to be as satisfying.

And the issue isn't just that they are opting out of divorce because if they had a better option, if they thought, "Well, I would rather not get divorced," then that might be totally fine.

But they respect the institution as much as people who have more education, they have the same instincts about what makes for a successful marriage as people who have more education.

What I think is going on is it's really difficult to have a productive, happy marriage when your life circumstances are so stressful and when your day-to-day life involves, say three or four bus routes in order to get to your job. 

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Simply put, millennials love wine.

And given that generation's unprecedented level of debt amid stagnant wages, cheap wine is often the drink of choice — but herein lies the rub. Finding cheap wine that's also good can be daunting. I won't begrudge anyone an occasional bottle of Barefoot or Yellowtail — we've all been there — but there are better options out there that still won't break the bank.

Target recently launched the California Roots line of wines, which goes for $5 a bottle and seems to aim for the current holder of the cheap-and-good wine crown, Trader Joe's Charles Shaw Blend label. Often called "Two Buck Chuck" (despite the current price of $2.99 in most markets), it's the go-to cheap wine of those in the know.

We put the two labels to the test, and overall, the options from Trader Joe's seemed to outperform Target's wines. However, as with anything, it isn't that simple. Despite Trader Joe's oenological offerings winning most comparisons, the best wine of the bunch was a complete surprise.

Target's California Roots cabernet has a delightfully smooth and silky mouthfeel that languishes on the tongue. It's full-bodied and has a satisfying consistency — especially when compared to Charles Shaw's rather lanky and watery cab. 

It's a juicy, big wine with pretty clear and strident notes of cherries and currants amid hints of tobacco and oak. Dark berries abound in each sip, which plays well against the firm tannin-induced pucker. 

The de rigueur pairing for such a berry-forward cabernet would be a lean cut of lamb, like braised shanks or something similar. Steak also pairs well — really any hearty red meat dish complements the firm structure of a cabernet like this one. The smoothness of the wine works well with rich meats and herbs that pick up on its slightly earthy background. 

The other wines by Trader Joe's tended to trounce Target's, but the Charles Shaw cabernet was emaciated and hot — a heavy alcohol scent and taste came to the forefront, and the tannins proved astringent and unpleasantly tart. Out of the lot, Target's cabernet beats the rest — and at $5, it's definitely worth trying.  

SEE ALSO: We compared Target's new $5 wines against Trader Joe's cheapest options — and the winner is crystal clear

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It's common for New York City to come to mind when you think of New Year's Eve celebrations.

It's the most popular city for travelers to ring in the New Year, according to travel price comparison site Expedia, and the longtime host of one of the biggest New Year countdown parties in America, right in Times Square.

But as an already expensive destination, airfare and accommodations in New York City are even pricier during the holidays.

Luckily, a fun New Year's Eve getaway doesn't have to cost you a fortune.

In fact, you can travel to cities like Los Angeles and Seattle — and even tropical destinations like the Bahamas — for under $400 round trip.

If you book between November 26 and December 5, you can save an average of $600 on airfare and hotels, according to data from Expedia. If your travel plans are flexible— as in you don't have to be back in the office on January 2 — you may be able to save even more.

Since there's still time to choose a destination, check out Expedia's list of the 10 best places to visit for New Year's Eve where round-trip airfare is less than $400.

All flight prices are based on average airfare with a departure date of either December 30 or 31. Expedia also provided the average cost of a hotel on New Year's Eve for each location based on New Year's 2017.

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10. Los Angeles

Average round trip-ticket: $377

Average daily hotel rate: $219

9. Mexico City

Average round-trip ticket: $372

Average daily hotel rate: $96

8. Nassau

Average round-trip ticket: $369

Average daily hotel rate: $329

Millennials have heard enough about avocado toast— the dish that sparked outrage earlier this year when a millionaire said young people can't afford to buy homes because they spend too much money on overpriced toast. 

Now there's a new expensive breakfast indulgence that San Franciscans are obsessed with.

"Millionaire's bacon" is a thick-cut, succulent-and-sweet version of the breakfast staple and it's increasingly popping up on menus across the Bay Area. Its decadence might make you feel rich, but you certainly don't need to be a millionaire to try it. The bacon ranges from $2 to $7 a slice.

We tried millionaire's bacon at Taylor Street Coffee Shop in San Francisco. Here's the verdict.

SEE ALSO: I went on the Silicon Valley diet craze that encourages butter and bacon for 2 months — and it vastly improved my life

I love bacon. Here's me eating some that I sprinkled on a cauliflower dish.

When I first read about "millionaire's bacon" in the San Francisco Chronicle, I couldn't wait to try it. I placed an order for pick-up at Taylor Street Coffee Shop, which serves the dish.

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Hoyul Steven Choi is a local restauranteur credited with bringing millionaire's bacon to San Francisco. He started serving it out of his Pacific Heights brunch spot Sweet Maple in 2012.

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New York City is home to some of the most expensive real estate in the world. The most expensive place to own a home in this expensive city, however, is Tribeca.

While back in the 1970s, the neighborhood attracted artists because of its many large lofts, today its relatively quiet streets entice the city's wealthiest businesspeople, as well as mega-celebrities like Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and Taylor Swift, who purchased a penthouse in the neighborhood for a reported $20 million in 2014. 

Today, according to StreetEasy data, the median sale price in Tribeca is $4.525 million. 

I recently strolled through the neighborhood to see why its real estate repeatedly tops the market. From its cobblestone streets to its plentiful restaurants, shopping, and parks, there seems to be very little reason to ever leave Tribeca once you've settled in.

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"Tribeca" is an abbreviation for "Triangle Below Canal Street." Originally, the name referred only to a single block on Lispenard Street between Church Street and Broadway. Today, the neighborhood is understood to include the streets south of Canal down to Vesey Street, and from the West Side Highway to Broadway.

Source: Curbed

As for public transportation options, the neighborhood is serviced by the 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, N, Q, R, and W subway lines.

On the market in Tribeca right now are some of the city's most historic homes. This row of townhouses on Harrison Street was originally built in 1819 and made an official city landmark in 1966. Home 27A is currently on the market for $6.5 million.

Source: Douglas Elliman

The best thing for your relationship could be sleep. A study shows tired couples have nastier fights. Ohio State studied 43 married couples.

Each person ranged in sleep from 3.5 to 9 hours a night. Researchers filmed the couples arguing. Couples who slept less than 7 hours tended to be more hostile. Couples with more sleep were more constructive.

Take this exchange from a well-rested pair:

“Do you want to try talking over the budget?”

“I can’t. I don't want to.”

“I understand.”

“You're just being too accepting. You can tell me I'm crazy.”

“You're not crazy.”

Tired and well-rested couples both disagreed, but tired couples didn't handle it as productively. Tired couples were also affected physically by their arguments.

After tense conversations, they had an increase in cytosine, an inflammatory protein, which is toxic to your body. Well-rested couples had disagreements but without the cytokine.

Couples were still able to keep their disagreements civil when only one person got a full night's sleep. So, do your significant other a favor and sleep in!

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Life hacks give us cheap, elegant ways to stay organized and productive.

For instance, who knew a bowl could double as a makeshift iPhone speaker? Or that binder clips could preserve the life of our toothpaste?

But some life hacks are more trouble than they're worth and won't actually save you time or energy.

Here are the hacks you should probably avoid.

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1. Toasters don't make good grilled cheese.

The life hack: Making a grilled cheese sandwich by turning a toaster on its side and putting two slices of bread inside with a slice of cheese atop each.

Why it's bogus: Aside from the fire hazard you're creating, the method is just ineffective. Buttered bread will grease the inside of your toaster, and the final product won't have the same texture. Plus, the bread might pop out and get melty cheese all over the place.

2. Toilet-paper rolls don't work as phone speakers.

The life hack: Fitting your phone inside a set of connected toilet-paper tubes serves as a kind of makeshift amp.

Why it's bogus: The sound isn't made any louder by the tubes; if anything, it gets muffled by all that excess cardboard. Go with a bowl instead — it shoots the sound waves up and out instead of trapping them inside an overly complicated rig.

3. Wooden spoons don't stop pots of water from boiling over.

The life hack: Placing a wooden spoon across a boiling pot of water to prevent the water from spilling over.

Why it's bogus: You may have some success with a simmering pot, but the real enemy here is the rapid, rolling boil. Expect the water to engulf your feeble spoon.

Cars clogged the streets of Borehamwood, England, an outlying suburb of London, for decades. But in the mid-1990s, the town added new pedestrian-only areas to its center.

The change transformed the town, according to Esther Kurland, the director of Urban Design London, a nonprofit that connects urban designers and planners in the city.

"This was one of the first ‘traffic calming’ shared space schemes in the country," Kurland tells Business Insider. "And I was fascinated in how the behavior of both drivers and pedestrians changed." 

Borehamwood is just one example of the way innovative public space can improve the lives of an area's inhabitants. To find more, we reached out to urban designers and planners around the world. They told us about spaces that have been game-changers for cities, that inspired them to go into the field, and that they simply find stunning.

Here are 18 of the world's most beautiful parks, libraries, streets, and plazas, according to people who design them for a living.

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Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois.

"It was clearly a game-changer, not only for Chicago and the real estate that surrounds the park, but for its influence on cities everywhere," says Carol Coletta, the VP of Community and National Initiatives for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Coletta manages millions of dollars annually in grants for city design, and says Millennium Park is the ideal public space. Intended to celebrate the second millennium, the 25-acre park hosts public art and events.

"Lurie Garden, tucked in the park’s southeast corner, is one of my favorite places in the world that somehow manages to remain deeply calming in the midst of the chaos of the larger park," she says.

Spruce Street Harbor Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bordering an urban beach, Spruce Street Harbor Park features colorful lights at night and hammocks for lounging.

It "was intended to be a temporary intervention — really a desperate move for a very tough location separated from Philadelphia’s Old City by a wide and busy road," Coletta explains. "But it keeps going and going because people keep coming and coming. It is a simple, loving intervention whose design elements have been widely copied." 

The central square in Seaside, Florida.

Building a new residential housing development that actually feels like a small town is almost impossible, says Steve Mouzon, the founder of Mouzon Design.

But the founder and developer of Seaside, Florida did just that, using public space to foster a new independent, tight-knit community.

"The developer had the audacity to build a town square, with a post office, a grocery, a bookstore, and a collection of other restaurants and shops with apartments above," Mouzon explains. "Never mind that the post office wasn’t a sanctioned US Post Office, but rather ganged mailboxes installed inside a tiny civic building. Because the mailboxes wore civic clothing, people behaved in a civic way. And even though Seaside has never been incorporated as a town, people nonetheless behave in neighborly ways."

Americans are passionate about where they shop.   

While more and more people turn to online shopping for their food and clothing needs, plenty of shoppers still prefer to visit brick-and-mortar stores.

Foursquare looked at the average number of visits per store in each state to determine its ranking. That allowed for some smaller chains like Uniqlo and Fred Meyer to beat out Walmart and Target in some states.

Check out the full list below. 

ALABAMA: Target

ALASKA: Walmart

ARKANSAS: Target

Jennifer Lopez has left the building.

The singer-actress has listed her New York City penthouse, located in The Whitman, a luxury four-unit building overlooking Madison Square Park, for $26.95 million.

Adam D. Molin, founder of Molin Group, holds the listing.

Lopez — who raked in $38 million in pre-tax earnings last year — bought the 6,540 square-foot duplex, complete with four outdoor terraces, for $20 million in 2014.

Even with Lopez on the way out, the halls of The Whitman will remain star-studded. Residents include former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, hedge fund manager John Silvetz, and NASCAR's Jeff Gordon.

Take a peek inside 21 East 26th Street:

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The Whitman Mansion was originally built in 1924 in New York City's trendy Flatiron neighborhood. The building was converted into boutique condominiums in 2013, with listing prices starting at $10 million.

Source:Curbed New York

Referred to as "the crown jewel" of the Whitman — which has a private gym and 24-hour doorman — the penthouse comprises 6,500 square feet of interior living space across two floors and 3,000 square feet of outdoor space on four separate terraces.

Source:Zillow

A private elevator opens up to a sun-filled great room with a skylight and three sets of French doors boasting up-close views of Madison Square Park. The penthouse has four bedrooms and six-and-a half bathrooms.

Actors John Krasinksi and Emily Blunt have placed their Brooklyn townhouse, located in Park Slope, on the market for $8 million with Corcoran.

Despite their recent renovations to the home, the couple told The Wall Street Journal that they're not spending enough time there due to their acting work. "The house is so special — someone who can spend every night there should have it," Krasinksi said.

See the seven-bedroom house that's just steps away from Brooklyn's Prospect Park, below.

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The couple purchased the home in 2016 for $6 million.

Originally built in 1909, recent renovations done by Michael Ingui of Baxt Ingui Architects kept many of the original details — such as its crown moldings — intact.

The home is 5,200-square-feet and has four flours.

When travel photographer Sherry Ott was exploring all the Hawaii Islands in 2015, she left the island of Molokai for last.

"I knew Molokai was very special. Unlike the other Hawaiian Islands, there is very little tourism on it. It's for people who want to slow down and experience the old Hawaii and its culture," she told Business Insider.

While staying at the only operating hotel accommodations on the island at the time, she discovered the abandoned Kaluakoi Resort. Its skeletal exterior intrigued her.

"I love photographing abandoned places around the world whenever I can," she said.

Today, the resort is sitting on Molokai Ranch — a 55,575-acre property that's for sale for $260 million. The Ranch's current owner, the investment holding company GL Ltd., has run into numerous issues with the island's 7,000 locals while attempting to build various projects — including the Kaluakoi Resort — since the 1990s, reports Bloomberg.  

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The Kaluakoi Resort originally opened in the 1970s, and passed through various owners.

It finally closed in 2001, when the company that was leasing the property, went bankrupt.

Source: Bloomberg

To find the abandoned spots on the island, Ott asked the locals.

Massive wildfires engulfed huge swaths of Northern California's wine country early on Monday, destroying at least 1500 homes, businesses, and other structures, and sending residents fleeing for their lives.

Thousands of people in the counties of Napa and Sonoma have evacuated the area, which is known for its vineyards and wineries. Three other counties were affected after a series of fires ignited on Sunday and grew as strong, dry winds spread the flames over fields and freeways.

By the time most Californians woke for work on Monday, a blaze called the Tubbs Fire had burned at least 20,000 acres in the city of Santa Rosa, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Nearby schools and hospitals have closed. Power outages are widespread.

The Atlas Fire in Napa devastated an additional 5,000 acres, according to the Chronicle.

We will continue to update this story throughout the day.

Napa and Sonoma counties are the top winemaking regions in America.

There is the city of Napa and the county of Napa, considered the holy grail of wine country. It's home to more than 400 wineries, with many packed side by side along State Route 29.

We went to Napa and the hot destination people are ditching it for — and the winner is clear »

Sonoma County stretches across nine cities and is three times the area of Napa County.

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The founder of one of the most controversial US government security contractors is seriously considering running for a Senate seat in Wyoming.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that Erik Prince, founder of the security contractor originally known as Blackwater, is eyeing a Republican primary challenge against Sen. John Barrasso, who will be up for reelection in the 2018 midterms.

Steve Bannon, the former White House senior adviser and current chairman of Breitbart News, has pushed Prince to run as part of his effort to replace "establishment" Republicans in Congress with people Bannon believes will support President Donald Trump's legislative agenda.

Prince, 48, has worked for and donated to numerous Republican candidates and causes, including Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California and conservative Christian lobbying groups. He supported Trump's presidential run, contributing $250,000 to his campaign efforts.

Although he has never held public office, Prince's potential candidacy comes with significant baggage. Here's a look at his storied life and career thus far:

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Prince is from Michigan, but his work has taken him around the globe, from Virginia to the United Arab Emirates. The Princes are power players in the Michigan Republican Party, and prominent GOP donors at the national level.

Prince's sister is Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education and former chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party. Her husband, Dick DeVos, the heir to the Amway fortune, ran for governor of Michigan in 2006 and lost.

Sources: Business Insider, Politico

DeVos and Prince come from a wealthy family. Their father, Edgar Prince, founded what would become a $1 billion company, manufacturing a patent that he sold to General Motors.