Ed Lewis co-founded Essence, the first publication aimed at African-American women. He sold the company to Time Inc. in 2005, but remains chairman.

As former president and CEO of the New York Times Co., Robinson headed up day-to-day corporate operations at the newspaper. She retired in 2011.

Peggy Conlon is president and CEO of the Ad Council, the organization that oversees the creation and distribution of all those public service campaigns you see on TV promoting everything from driver safety to environmental protection.

David Koch is one of New York City's richest (and conservative) residents and co-owner and executive vice president of Koch Industries.

Bob Greenberg is the chairman and CEO of R/GA, a major interactive ad agency whose clients include Nike, Target, Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, and Nokia.

The chronicler of all things 10021, Columbia operates New York Social Diary, a website that features party pictures of socialites, the gay men who accompany them to parties and, occasionally, their husbands.

Cole is founder and CEO of the downtown crowd's favorite furniture store, ABC Carpet & Home.

Riggio is chairman of Barnes & Noble, the largest bookseller in the US with more than 800 retail locations.

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The founder of JetBlue, David Neeleman has been a thorn in the side of every major airline over the past decade. Formerly the company's CEO, Neeleman stepped down in May 2007 and now serves as non-executive chairman.

An author and TV commentator, Touré is also a correspondent for Access Hollywood.

Formerly South Korea's foreign minister, Ban Ki-Moon became the world's most important civil servant in 2007 when he took over the job of Secretary-General of the United Nations from Kofi Annan.

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Sam Palmisano is chairman and CEO of the company that would no longer like to be known as "Big Blue."

The daughter of Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, Morgenthau is executive director of the Fresh Air Fund, the non-profit group that sends inner-city kids to the country during summer vacations.

Olbermann is a wisecracking sportscaster-turned-wisecracking political pundit and left-leaning counterweight to his Fox News opponent Bill O'Reilly.

A local news fixture, Anastos has been delivering the headlines for one NYC station or another for over three decades.

A former CNN anchor, Hemmer now delivers the news on Fox, where he serves as co-anchor of America's Newsroom on weekday mornings.

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