A serial entrepreneur, Heiferman is the founder and CEO of MeetUp.com.

The daughter of Bill and Hillary, the former White House resident now lives in New York where she attends work as a correspondent for NBC news and is pursuing her doctoral degree at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

Best known as the man who orchestrated the disgrace of James Frey, Bastone is the founder of the muckraking website The Smoking Gun.

Esther Dyson has been a leading technology visionary for decades. In fact, she was working with the internet years before you even knew it existed.

Indie darling Noah Baumbach is to film what Jonathan Lethem is to books-a Brooklynite who's built a career out of remembering what the borough was like before it became chic.

Gondry is a director known for the dreamlike sensibility he brings to music videos, commercials, and feature films alike. He's probably best known for 2004's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

NBC fixture Bob Costas' trademark boyish good looks and reassuring baritone made him a sports broadcasting icon. But after 25 years of having him shoved down their throats every time they try to watch a sporting event, viewers may be forgiven for wanting to hurl the remote at the TV when they see his face.

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The Nobel Prize winning scientist is the former president of Rockefeller University, the highly respected biomedical research center on the Upper East Side, and current director and CEO of the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation.

As head the nation's largest urban public university, Matt Goldstein has tried to transform CUNY through a series of wide-ranging—and occasionally controversial—reforms.

Once-foxy actor Kyle MacLachlan, depending on who you're talking to, is best known either for his affiliation with David Lynch or for playing the perfect WASP husband on shows like Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives.

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Showbiz spawn Mark Ronson is a music producer and turntablist to the stars.

The famously volatile owner of the New York Yankees, Steinbrenner had been the terror of rivals and underlings for over three decades. He passed away in 2010.

Best known for her role as Dr. Melfi on The Sopranos, Bracco also has an impressive resume when it comes to marrying and divorcing character actors and going broke.

"PrezBo" is the president of Columbia University and a member of its law school faculty. He's known for his work on free speech and First Amendment issues.

Along with Bob Shaye, Lynne is co-founder of Unique Features and the former co-chairman and co-CEO of New Line, the studio responsible for Austin Powers, Dumb & Dumber, and the epic Hobbit trilogy The Lord of the Rings.

Ewing is an NBA legend who played center for the New York Knicks from 1985 to 2000. He is the NBA's 15th all-time leading scorer with 24,815 points.