Anna Chapman and Bill Staniford
While many would contend that working in real estate data tracking is neither thrilling nor sexy, PropertyShark CEO Bill Staniford got his own brush with the illicit world of intelligence operatives as one of Russian spy Anna Chapman’s many romantic partners, according to the New York Post. Staniford, a former Marine, said Chapman “knocked [him] out” as soon as they met, before embarking on an intimate relationship. But while Staniford, the cousin of former City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, and Chapman may have been romantically linked, the real estate data guru said he never shared any info from his days as a Marine. “I know what I’m allowed to say, and I know what I’m not allowed to say,” Staniford said. [Post]