With Morgan Stanley since the mid ‘80s, Porat claims the much lauded title as the most senior woman on Wall Street. She sits at the number two spot at Morgan Stanley, as CFO.

John Paulson is President and founder of the New York-based hedge fund Paulson & Co. He is a native New Yorker, hailing from Queens and attended both NYU and the Harvard Business School. At the age of 39, Paulson started his own hedge fund with just $2 million and one sole employee. He was ranked …

As founder and chairman of Caxton Associates, Bruce Kovner sits at the helm of one of the biggest hedge funds in the world, which manages $14 million in funds. The notoriously secretive investor is worth an estimated $4.5 billion.

The legendary Kenneth Langone was the former director of the New York Stock Exchange and a financial backer of Home Depot. Today, his focus is on philanthropic efforts. He actively donates to charities including the Robin Hood Foundation and Ronald McDonald House, among others. He is Chairman of the Langone Medical Center at New York …

A Wall Street mogul, Soros is active in many communities, beginning with his hedge fund firm, Soros Fund Management, LLC. On the creative side, he is a prominent author as well as a philanthropist, serving as founder and chairman of  The Open Society Institute.