Formerly with the law firm Shearman & Sterling, Hand is a partner at the New York-based boutique firm Hand, Baldachin & Amburgey. His clients have included MSG, Jim Courier, IMG, DK, Earnest Sewn, fashion designers Phillip Lim and Charlotte Ronson, Euan Rellie's BDA, Warner Music, Blip.tv, and Flavorpill. His wife is…

One of the most influential people in the world of sports marketing, Tony Ponturo is vice president of global media of Anheuser-Busch and president of the Busch Media Group.

Seasoned gallerist and dealer Paula Cooper represents artists like Andres Serrano, Kelley Walker, and Dan Walsh.

An occasional writer and popular "'mocialite," Davis is a close pal to countless twenty-something, gala-attending socials. His half-brother is Topper Mortimer, which makes Tinsley Mortimer his half-sister-in-law. His half-sister is Minnie Mortimer, which makes Traffic writer Stephen Gaghan his half-brother-in-law.

Formerly HBO's chief operating officer, Nelson was named the company's CEO in 2007 after Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes dismissed the previous chief, Chris Albrecht.

Paulson is the founder and president of Paulson & Co., a hedge fund with more than $12 billion under management. He's best known for predicting the global credit crisis, which earned him a staggering $3.3 billion in 2007.

The former mayor of New Orleans, Morial is president and CEO of the National Urban League

The CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Iger divides his time between Burbank and New York City. His wife is Willow Bay.

The self-promoting president of real estate appraisal firm Miller Samuel, Miller is known for supplying media outlets with estimates of the value of commercial and residential real estate in New York City.

The man who built the Gap into a multi-billion dollar retail powerhouse, Drexler was inglorious evicted from the company's top slot in 2002. He's now the chairman and CEO of J. Crew.

With William Donaldson and Richard Jenrette, Lufkin co-founded investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in 1959 and cashed out 41 years later, selling DLJ to Credit Suisse for $11.5 billion. His wife is lady about town Cynthia Lufkin.

A former publicist at Tiffany, Lufkin is now a full-time socialite. Her (second) husband is investment banking veteran Dan Lufkin.

With his business and romantic partner James Huniford, Sills is one-half of Sills Huniford Associates, the decorating firm that has picked out expensive furniture for the likes of Vera Wang, Brooke DeOcampo, Nan Swid, Linda Wells, and members of the Newhouse family.

The chief of advertising monolith Interpublic, Roth oversees a portfolio of publicity, branding, marketing, and advertising companies, including McCann Erickson, Lowe Worldwide, Draftfcb, Deutsch, R/GA, and Weber Shandwick.

A superlatively flaming ubiquity in downtown social circles, Boardman is a parody of fierceness and author of the "Ask Mr. Mickey" column for Paper.