Steve Barnett

A former trader at Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors, Robbins is head of the hedge fund Glenview Capital Management, which has $7 billion under management. According to Trader Monthly, he took home $300-$350 million in 2007.

Gordon is COO of Angelo, Gordon, a hedge fund specializing in distressed investments that he co-founded with John Angelo in 1988.

A "Tiger Cub" and protégé of Julian Robertson, Coleman is head of the hedge fund Tiger Global Management, which invests in small cap tech companies. According to Trader Monthly, he took home $350-$400 million in 2007.

Angelo is CEO of Angelo, Gordon, a hedge fund specializing in distressed investments that he co-founded with Michael Gordon in 1988.

Ed Ott

A former ad exec at Young & Rubicam and Seth Godin's Yoyodyne, Shereshewsky served as Yahoo's former "Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Madison Avenue" until 2007. He's now the CEO of Grandparents.com.

Longtime TV investor Herb Siegel earned his biggest payday ever when he sold off Chris-Craft to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in 2001 for $5.3 billion.

The co-founder of Syndicate PR with Bridget Harrington, Ellis has repped Fabiola Beracasa, Ian Schrager's Gramercy Park Hotel, Earnest Sewn, Trovata, Phillip Lim, and Serge Becker's La Esquina.

Michael Jaharis is the founder and chairman emeritus of Kos Pharmaceuticals, a major collector of Greek art, and a longtime donor to the Metropolitan Museum.

Veteran music publicist Liz Rosenberg is best known for having served as Madonna's flack for more than 20 years. Other clients have included the Pretenders, Cher, Josh Groban, Stevie Nicks, Seal, k.d. Lang, and Liza Minnelli.

Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

Singer is the editor and chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and former fashion news director at Vogue.

David Netto is an interior designer and the founder of a line of baby furniture popular with celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow, Mariska Hargitay, and Steven Spielberg.

A former employee of Albert Hadley and Sister Parish, interior designer David Kleinberg has crafted spaces for people like Scott Rudin and John Barlow.

The co-founder of the Zagat Survey with his wife Nina, Tim has his last name stamped on the front of about a billion little burgundy books around the globe.

Thierry Despont

The chairman of Advance.net, Steve is the son of Advance Publications chief Donald Newhouse, the nephew of Condé Nast overlord Si Newhouse and the husband of Lucky publisher Gina Sanders. He's widely expected to be next in line to take over the media behemoth.

Trish McEvoy is a beauty and style guru with her own line of makeup, fragrance, and décor.

Julien Farel