The America’s Cup Team Leader And Wine Producer Who Praises Intuition

When moving, Stephan Kandler keeps close to deadlines. He will arrive at a station just minutes before a train departs; he parks outside a grocery store just moments before it closes. He thrives on proximity, on hovering close to edges.

‘My fear is that I will relax,’ he said. ‘I like to be on the edge. I mean, I don’t like it—but I do nothing to avoid it.’