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Who

Often called the "Queen of Skyscraper," Stacom is vice chairman at commercial real estate giant CB Richard Ellis and arguably the top commercial broker in New York. Her sister is Tara Stacom.

Backstory

Stacom followed family tradition when she got into the real estate business: Her great grandfather and grandfather were involved in real estate development in the New York area, and both her father and mother worked at Cushman & Wakefield. That's where she started out herself after earning her broker's license in high school (just like her sister). But in 2002, she broke with family tradition and defected to rival CB Richard Ellis after Mary Ann Tighe lured her to the firm. Stacom later said that she made the switch so she could "prove herself." Prove herself she most certainly has. In 2005, she led the sale of more than $7.1 billion worth of real estate, which earned her the title of "No. 1 Broker in the World" at the company, not to mention a hefty paycheck.

Of note

Stacom's brokered some big deals in her day, although nothing compared to her sale of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village—home to 110 buildings and 25,000 residents—to developer Jerry Speyer on behalf of Met Life in December 2006. The biggest property deal in NYC history, Speyer spent $5.4 billion on the 80-acre parcel. Two months later, she closed another mammoth deal when she brokered the sale of Starrett City—a 46-building, 14,000-resident housing complex in Brooklyn—to Clipper Equity for $1.3 billion. Other big deals over the past couple of years include the sale of International Toy Center building in 2004, the sale of One Madison Avenue for $918 million to Stephen Green's SL Realty, and the sale of the Helmsley Building to a Dubai prince. More recently, she engineered the 2007 sale of the New York Times building from Jerry Speyer to Israeli developer Lev Leviev for $525 million and negotiated the 2008 deal to sell the GM building to Mort Zuckerman. She works on most of the deals at CBRE with her right-hand, William Shanahan.

By the numbers

Stacom refused to divulge her commission on the Stuy Town deal, but insiders pegged it at $5 million.

Family ties

For many years, Darcy worked alongside her sister, Tara Stacom, at Cush Wake. Today they're business rivals—although they reportedly remain close.

Personal

Like almost all the Stacoms, Darcy's husband, Chris Kraus, used to work at Cush Wake. These days he's a principal at the commercial real estate advisory firm Staubach. The couple has two daughters and lives in Easton, Conn.