New York's "tourism czar," George Fertitta is in charge of packaging and marketing New York City to tourists and corporations alike.

A member of the literary "brat pack" of the '80s, McInerney shot to fame with his novel Bright Lights, Big City. He's married to Anne Hearst.

Freudenberger is a literary prodigy who rose from assistant at the New Yorker to award-winning author with astonishing (and jealousy-inducing) speed.

Gladwell is known for his book The Tipping Point, which made him into a journo-celebrity and provided the world's marketers and executives a trendy new cliché.

A high-flying media mogul—he was one of the founders of MTV and later served as the No. 3 at AOL Time Warner—he's currently the CEO of Clear Channel Communications.

The former press secretary to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Caputo is an Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Citigroup and leads the financial institution's efforts to reach out to women as president of the firm's (rather ridiculously) named Women & Company.

Bandier is the CEO and chairman of the music publishing company Sony/ATV.

The one-time protégé of former Citigroup chief Sandy Weill, Dimon is the chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Joanna Molloy produced the long-running Daily News gossip column "Rush and Molloy" alongside her third husband, George Rush.

The brash chairman of the advertising agency founded by his dad, Deutsch is an inescapable media presence and the former host of the late CNBC show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.

Curry is co-anchor on the Today Show and a former host of Dateline.

A fixture on TV since the '60s, Walters is known for her soft-focus interviews, her ability to make grown men and women cry, and one of the most famous speech impediments of the 20th century. She's currently the resident den mother, referee, and part owner (ca-ching!) on The View.

Schwartz wears two hats. By day, he's the executive vice president of communications for CBS. As the humorist "Stanley Bing," he writes a column for Fortune and has authored a number of bestselling books.

Popcorn predicts cultural trends for corporate clients at her cultish company, BrainReserve.

Lipsky is founder of the short-lived New York Sun, the daily newspaper which acted as a right-wing antidote to the New York Times. It kicked around from 2002-2008.

After an internship with the White House, Williams began his news career at the National Association of Broadcasters and then became as chief White House correspondent with NBC. Two years later, he was tapped to host The News with Brian Williams on MSNBC. In 2002, NBC execs started planning for Tom Brokaw's eventual retirement. Williams was picked as his replacement and on December 2, 2004, he became the seventh anchor and managing editor of The Nightly News. Additionally, Williams has endeared himself to the youth audience with hosting SNL, slow jamming the news on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and popping up on 30 Rock. In 2011, NBC announced that he would host Rock Center with Brian Williams, the first new NBC news program to launch in primetime in over two decades. [Image via Getty]

Champion is the Ken doll look-alike who delivers the forecast on Good Morning America.

Fiori is the former editor in chief of Town & Country, the magazine known for showcasing exceedingly expensive tastes in fashion, travel, and design. She now acts as the mag's "editor-at-large".

The man with archetypal anchorman looks was the host of NBC's Dateline for 15 years. Yes, Stone is his real name, and yes, his kid's name is really Streeter.

Loony muckraker Nancy Grace hosts the legal talk show Nancy Grace on CNN. Abandon all hope, ye who argue with her.