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Mind of Micah

Read, Pt. 2: Inside an Herbalife Heir’s Fight for the Billion-Dollar Mountain of Beverly Hills

Mind of Micah

MWBK Creative

Comedy

4.11.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The ex-wife of Herbalife founder Mark Hughes opens up about her epic battle to preserve a prime piece of L.A. real estate—lusted after by tycoons, foreign heads of state, and would-be developers—for their only son. Check out nohouseadvantage.com and use promocode: MOM

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0:00.0

Hello, and welcome to Mind of Micah.

0:09.0

Today on the program, it's the return of Micah's Read of the Week, part two, about the

0:17.8

Herbalife Air and the most sought after piece of real estate in all of Los Angeles.

0:29.0

Hi, I'm Micah. This is my podcast. Thanks for joining us.

0:35.0

As always, reminder, check out MicahWiner.com today. If you are anyone you know, may be interested in buying a home this year.

0:46.0

On to part two of the read. Golden hour bloomed as we reached the mountains top.

0:53.0

Ribbons of colored light and jet contrails laced the sky.

0:59.0

In a family of deer romped in the distance, my guide exhaled.

1:03.0

Lesson aerobic eve and more a long sigh of relief.

1:08.0

Standing here makes it all worth it, said Susan Hughes.

1:11.0

The mountain was mark stream, not theirs.

1:14.0

Not hers, I should say, but she's ready to talk about her fight to keep it.

1:18.0

Her life and her life with use.

1:21.0

Did you see the insider? She says referring to the 1999 film featuring Al Pacino about a tobacco industry whistleblower

1:29.0

and coincidentally based on 1996 anti-fair article.

1:34.0

That's how I felt for 13 years. Opening up today takes a lot out of me. It takes me back there.

1:42.0

A drop of around 1400 feet out beyond L.A. lies the Pacific.

1:48.0

On the 4th of July, Susan says you can see the fireworks display of five different enclaves, including Malibu, Marina Del Rey, and Encinito.

1:56.0

I want to have Alex here after his father died to see the fireworks, but the trustees wouldn't give us the key.

2:04.0

The key was in the hands of Conrad Klein, marks lawyer and one of the literal gatekeepers who died in 2019.

2:12.0

The other trustees were senior Herbalife International exec.

2:16.0

Christopher Pear, who became acting CEO after Mark Steff and John Reynolds, marks biological dad, who died in June 2021.

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