Nicolas Bijan Pazkad became Associate Merchandising Director of the House of Bijan when his father, retailer Bijan, died in 2011. He was 21 at the time. Now, the Pepperdine alum continues to take his father’s work to the next level and continues to maintain the Rodeo Drive boutique’s grand title of ‘the most expensive store in the world.’

Since the 1970s, this pair has acquired several companies such as POM Wonderful, Fiji and Teleflora. Lynda Resnick was the brains behind the branding for each company, while her partner and husband Stewart oversaw day-today logistics. Today, Stewart and Lynda Resnick are the owners of Paramount Farms, Paramount Citrus Companies, the Resnick Family Foundation and …