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Reed Krakoff

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

Fashion titan Krakoff is the president and creative director of Coach, the once-stodgy leather company he's managed to turn into a coveted accessories brand. He also has his own eponymous fashion line, which he launched in 2010.

Alex Ross

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

The New Yorker's classical music critic and a music blogger, Ross is known for his intelligent writing about both classical music and modern pop.

Pete Peterson

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

Pete Peterson is senior chairman of the Blackstone Group. He's the less ostentatious half of its founding duo (Steve Schwarzman being the other half) as well as the chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Padma Lakshmi

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

An ex-model and the ex-wife of novelist Salman Rushdie, Lakshmi is an author, the host of Bravo's Top Chef, and an aspiring brand name.

Henry Kravis

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

As the co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Henry Kravis pioneered the buyout business in the '70s and has managed to remain at the top of the game for decades. His wife is economist Marie-Josée Kravis.

Mos Def

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

Mos Def is a rapper, actor and enthusiastic member of the Muslim faith. He's also a homophobe, genius, anti-Semite, or deadbeat dad, depending on whom you talk to. And don't call him Mos Def anymore: it's Yasiin Bey now.

Steve Schwarzman

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

The diminutive billionaire co-founder of the Blackstone Group, Schwarzman is one of the most powerful financiers on the planet and one of the 21st century's most unequivocal symbols of Wall Street greed.

Kenneth Cole

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

Ken Cole's classic footwear and moderately-priced clothing line made him a household name, but his philanthropic endeavors may ultimately be his legacy. His wife is Maria Cuomo Cole, the daughter of former governor Mario Cuomo.

Miles Redd

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

A rising star in the world of interior design, Redd decorates the pads of upwardly mobile Gen-Xers. He's also the creative director of Oscar de la Renta Home.

Katherine Oliver

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

As New York's film commissioner and president of NYC Media Group, it's Oliver's job to lure big-budget films and television shows to the city. Her office is also responsible for handing out shooting permits, which means you can blame her for the movie crew that roped off your street last week and the angry production assistant who barked at you for walking on to the set.

Kenneth Jay Lane

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

One of the most popular costume jewelry designers around, Lane's fakes are so good, high-end jewelers make copies of his designs with more expensive gems.

David Remnick

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

Remnick is editor-in-chief of The New Yorker and a demigod to both aspiring freelancers and denizens of liberal enclaves all over America.

Jenny Holzer

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

Holzer is the conceptual artist who entered the public consciousness in the late 1970s thanks to the provocative one-liners she began anonymously posting on public spaces.

Shepard Smith

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

The Fox News anchor with a southern drawl who hosts not one, but two, shows on America's most fair and balanced news channel, as well as a weekday news update on Fox News Radio.

Steve Brill

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

The cantankerous founder of American Lawyer magazine, CourtTV, Brill's Content, and Clear, Brill's latest venture is Journalism Online, an online payment system for news websites, which he sold in 2012.

Jennifer Cunningham

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

One of the city's most connected Democratic political operatives, Cunningham is a consultant to 1199 SEIU (her former employer) and was one of the folks behind Andrew Cuomo's successful campaign for state attorney general in 2006.

Mariah Carey

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:30PM

A diva par excellence, the trilling pop singer with a vocal range only dolphins can hear is one of the best selling artists of all time.