With three decades of experience, Sevilla-Sacasa is one of the country’s most powerful female forces in the financial investment industry, which led the Wall Street Journal to name her as one of 50 women to watch in 2007. She recently stepped down as the president of U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, which …

The first Hispanic mayor in LA’s 133-year history has revitalized the city with infrastructure projects, the wooing of tech companies, actively supporting small business, ensuring growth of the area’s unique creative capital, and an emphasis on education. His latest venture is a gang-reduction program for the city.

He’s only one of four Master Sushi Chefs in all of Los Angeles and has helped with the success of several establishments, including four Katsuya by Starck and four Katsu-Ya Sushi restaurants.

He is a construction magnate and CEO of the Tutor Perini Corporation. In July, Walt Disney Co. sold Miramax Films to Tutor’s Filmyard Holding investor group for $660 Million.

This self-made billionaire co-founded Kingston with David Sun, which is currently the largest computer memory firm. When they sold an 80 percent stake in Kingston Technology in 1996 for $1.5 billion, they spent $100 million of it on lavish bonuses for their employees, with the average bonus exceeding $100,000.