This is Richard Petersen, Abigail Rivera's beloved husband and father of Bryan, Carla, Emily, Josh, and Lewis. Emily is the daughter of his first marriage and Lewis is his and Abigail's adopted son.
Richard conquered his space in the publishing industry at a very young age, with the help of his influential family he managed to enter the editorial space without difficulties, at 30 he was already one of the most renowned in the industry, at 60 he decided to break his partnership with Vogue, where he served as executive director, to work on his first solo project. In 1982, he opened ArtPop Magazine with the help of his right-hand man Elias Carter, to whom he promised the board of his magazine as soon as he retired, at the Magazine's seven-year anniversary party, in 1988, Richard announces his retirement but leaves no signed document that it said that the company's rights should pass to Elias, so when Richard dies at this same party, with suspicions of murder, the magazine is passed on to his wife Abigail and daughter Emily.