Tom Zito

Tom Zito is a serial entrepreneur. He came to California to report a piece on startups for The New Yorker, but launched a company instead. In addition to The New Yorker, he has written for The Washington Post, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Life, Newsweek and many other publications, and has started eight companies.

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Oct 7, 2022
Jann Wenner Doesn’t Get That He’s Doing Just Fine
In his autobiography, the Rolling Stone founder name-drops countless celebrities, sings his own praises, and, somehow, still sells hims…
By Tom Zito
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Dec 10, 2021
From Chaos, Coppola’s Almost Perfect Film

Mark Seal’s Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli recounts the making of the novel and movie The Godfather.

By Tom Zito
Mar 31, 2021
Larry McMurtry: The Last Bookseller (1936–2021)

A Washington bookstore was the Texas writer’s most enduring love.

By Tom Zito
Dec 23, 2019
La-La Land’s Hotel

The Chateau Marmont had a starring role in Hollywood history.

By Tom Zito
Jan 18, 2019
Rebooting Steve Jobs
Should his legacy be the iPhone, the company he built, or a daughter he denied fathering? Tom Zito explores the contradictions of Steve…
By Tom Zito
Dec 18, 2018
The Pledge. The Turn. The Prestige

Ricky Jay (1946-2018) was a master of illusion, a scholar, actor and investigator of all manner of prestidigitation

By Tom Zito