The Udell family is at the helm of popular fine jewelry boutique London Jewelers. Aside from selling decadent, unique jewels and gems, the store has a multifaceted charity portfolio—this year, for example, they supported Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons through an event at the store. Shortly after, the East Hampton location hosted a very …

The founders of Jordache clothing brand, Joe, Ralph and AviNakash have been in the clothing industry since 1969. The brothers started with a discount designer jeans store in New York City, but after a few years decided to move on to the clothing manufacturing industry. Today, Heidi Klum is the spokesmodel for Jordache.

Kevin Ryan is the founder and CEO of online shopping haven Gilt Groupe. Ryan was able to successfully build this brand after years of practice—he served as co-founder and chairman of Panther Express, was an early investor of HotJobs, and built DoubleClick and AlleyCorp. Gilt Groupe currently is valued at a staggering $1 billion.

Jacob Arabo is the owner and founder of Jacob & Co. Jewelry aficionados revel at his pieces, and he is well known for decking celebrities out in delectable diamond frosting. He has been designing for high-end clientele for more than 25 years. At Baselworld this year, Jacob & Co. announced that MillaJovovich would be the …

Francois-Henry Bennahmias is currently the CEO and President of AudemarsPiguet North America. The celebrated luxury watch house is the official timekeeper at all Four Seasons hotels, in which the brand’s Royal Oak clocks are displayed. This year, AudemarsPiguet created a unique timepiece to participate in Only Watch, a biennial charity that donates proceeds to research …