Author
In this year’s Terrorist, Updike attempted to penetrate the mind of a prospective suicide bomber in a depressed New Jersey town...

Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder, the Blackstone Group
Schwarzman continues to defy analysts who suggest that the glory days of private equity may soon be over…

Attorney General and Democratic Candidate for Governor, New York
Spitzer told Stephen Colbert that he got his start playing the role of “enforcer” on his childhood soccer team…

Associate Director, Stem Cell/Developmental Biology Program, Children’s Hospital Boston
In research with mice, Daley was the first person to demonstrate the effectiveness of this “therapeutic cloning” technique…

Head Writer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central
Javerbaum has helped propel the show to eight Emmys and an impact that extends well beyond its 1.5 million nightly viewers...

Pulitzer Prize–winning Author; Professor, Kennedy School of Government
Power has brought unprecedented attention to the scope and origins of genocide through her investigative reporting…

President and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ousted from Citigroup by his mentor Sandy Weill in 1998, Dimon licked his wounds at Chicago’s BankOne, where his obsession with detail…

Host, Mad Money, CNBC; Director, TheStreet.com; Author
The “Cramer Effect” has caused stocks to jump as much as 30%. Famous for running on virtually no sleep…

Finance Minister, India
The finance minister has kept economic growth chugging at a rate of nearly 8% a year through a mix of innovation and a focus on fundamentals…

Grammy Award–winning Cellist; Founder, Silk Road Project
He has expanded and popularized the cello repertoire with forays into Argentinean tango, bossa nova, and the music of Appalachia...

CEO, New York Stock Exchange Group
The former Goldman Sachs honcho spurned the romanticism of the storied floor trader for a nimble hybrid market…

Partner and Litigation Department Co-Chair, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
The prominent Democrat leads the team defending I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the vice president’s former chief of staff...

CEO, Chair, and Founder, Ashoka
Through Ashoka, the pioneering fellowship program he launched in 1980, Drayton has funneled funding and expertise to more than 1,700 rigorously screened “social entrepreneurs”...

President, Disney–ABC Television Group; Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks
A veteran of Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, and FX, the onetime aspiring teacher and actress jumped to the Disney Channel…

President, The Wylie Agency
Both highbrow taste-maker and inveterate hustler, Wylie has established himself as one of the top literary agents in the world...

Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs
Blankfein’s June appointment signifies a power shift from investment bankers to traders as well as a sea change in style...

Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
Steitz pursued science when women rarely had their own labs, became professors, or pioneered new fields. She eventually did all three...

CEO, NBC Universal Television Group
He’s finally shed the “boy wonder” tag, but not in a way anyone—especially his bosses at General Electric—expected. On Zucker’s watch...

Host, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, NBC
His absurdist, brainy-but-accessible brand of humor has added immeasurably to the American comedy repertoire; any college student can identify Triumph the Insult…

Founder and President, Americans for Tax Reform
Gingrich called him “the single most effective conservative activist in the country.” His standing-room-only Wednesday meetings attract and update activists...