One of Broadway's most prolific producers, Roth has put up the money to stage shows like Wit, Proof, Caroline, or Change and The Year of Magical Thinking. Not coincidentally, she's also the wife of real estate billionaire Steve Roth.

William Ivey Long is one of the most prolific—and highest paid—costumers on Broadway.

Rose is the head of real estate development firm the Georgetown Group, a longtime supporter of the arts, and Mr. Candice Bergen.

Along with Richard Frankel, Marc Routh and Thomas Viertel, Baruch is a partner in Richard Frankel Productions, the Broadway powerhouse that has put on mega-hits like The Producers.

A native of Ethiopia, Liya Kebede is a supermodel and the first black model to be the face of Estée Lauder cosmetics.

Elson is a fashion model known for her flame of red hair, penciled brows, and phantasmically translucent skin. Dubbed "Le Freak" by Italian Vogue, she is perhaps the most successful living definition of "oddly pretty."

Elghanayan is CEO of development firm Rockrose Development Group, a major landowner in Manhattan and Queens.

Jong reinvented sex in the '70s with Fear of Flying, which advocated the "zipless fuck"—no-strings adultery. The novel has been translated into 27 languages and sold more than 12 million copies.

A scion of the family that made a fortune in real estate and retail, Andrew Farkas is the man behind the real estate investment firms Insignia and Island Capital.

The flashy Shvo has precious few friends in the business, but he still ranks as the most in-demand real estate marketer in town.

Eddie Lampert is the billionaire founder of the hedge fund ESL Investments. He's best known for carrying out one of the biggest gambles in distressed investing history—the purchase of Kmart out of bankruptcy and merger with Sears—and for his high-profile kidnapping in 2003.

Steve Roth

One of the biggest Broadway producers in the city and the man behind The Producers and Hairspray, Frankel heads up the theatrical production company that bears his name.

Formerly the chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns, Jimmy Cayne's career ended in disgrace—and his $1 billion net worth went up in smoke—when the investment bank crumbled in early 2008 amid the global credit crisis. He now spends his time putting golf balls, playing bridge, and smoking, uh, cigars. His nephew is hedge fund manager Richard Perry.

Walentas is the developer responsible for turning Dumbo from an industrial wasteland into one of Brooklyn's chicest neighborhoods.

The "Media Ink" columnist for the New York Post, Keith Kelly is a must-read for the city's news-obsessed wretches, even if half the time his column merely serves to advance Rupert Murdoch's political agenda.

The founder and chairman emeritus of Macklowe Properties, Harry Macklowe has witnessed his fortunes rise and fall with the swinging pendulum of the real estate market over the past two decades. Now in the twilight of his career, he officially handed over control of the company to his son, Billy Macklowe, in June 2008.

The founder of Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner's publishing empire now also includes Us Weekly and Men's Journal. He was actually born Jan S. Wenner. He switched to "Jann" several years after founding Rolling Stone.

The former assistant to Anna Wintour, Weisberger is the author of the blockbuster bitch-fest/tell-all novel The Devil Wears Prada.

Bruce Wasserstein