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Randi Weingarten

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:36PM

A no-nonsense negotiator and a canny politician, Randi Weingarten is the former president of the United Federation of Teachers, which represents 74,000 teachers in New York City and 20,000 other school employees, but she's since been elected president of the UFT's national parent union, the American Federation of Teachers.

Rufus Wainwright

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:36PM

Pop musician Wainwright's carefully crafted songs and good looks have made him something of a gay icon.

Harris Diamond

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:36PM

Diamond is the head of giant corporate PR firm Weber Shandwick.

Ari Merkin

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:36PM

Ari Merkin is the chief creative officer and co-founder of the boutique ad agency Toy.

Irwin Gotlieb

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:36PM

Often hailed as the most powerful man on Madison Avenue, Gotlieb is CEO of giant media buying agency GroupM, a job that gives him control of 17 percent of worldwide advertising spending.

Olivia Chantecaille

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:36PM

Chantecaille is a social fixture and, along with her mother, the owner of a cosmetics company that bears the family name.

Annie Leibovitz

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:36PM

The most famous celebrity photographer in America, Leibovitz shoots portraits of Hollywood stars for magazines like Vanity Fair and big companies like Disney and American Express.

Steve Forbes

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:36PM

The CEO of Forbes Inc. and the editor-in-chief of Forbes, Steve is the bug-eyed publisher of the money magazine that bears his family name and a two-time unsuccessful presidential candidate.

Rob Wiesenthal

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Sony's chief financial officer and primary dealmaker, Rob Wiesenthal is Howard Stringer's right-hand man at the media conglomerate.

Louis Gerstner

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Gerstner is chairman of the Carlyle Group, one of the largest private equity firms in the U.S. with close to $60 billion in assets.

Bjork

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Bjork is the pixieish Icelandic pop star who continues to defy musical conventions and dress codes.

Mary Ann Tighe

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

One of the most powerful commercial real estate brokers in New York, Mary Ann Tighe is the regional CEO of CB Richard Ellis, the biggest commercial real estate brokerage in the country. She's also the wife of uber-plastic surgeon David Hidalgo.

Rachel Weisz

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

British-born, thinking-man's babe Rachel Weisz earned an Oscar for her work in The Constant Gardener, but she frequently finds herself cast in stinkers like The Mummy Returns and Envy. She is married to Mr. Bond himself, Daniel Craig.

Anthony Weiner

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

Weiner is a U.S. Congressman representing south Brooklyn and parts of Queens, as well as an erstwhile—and potential future—mayoral candidate.

David Byrne

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

The lead singer of Talking Heads, Byrne has been a fixture of the New York punk and indie scenes for the past 35 years.

Floyd Abrams

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:35PM

The most famous First Amendment attorney in the country, Abrams is the lawyer who many prominent New Yorkers call when they get in trouble for something they've said or written. He's the father of MSNBC's Dan Abrams.