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Jed York

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Jed York is the President and CEO of one of the most storied and celebrated football franchises in all of the NFL—the San Francisco 49ers. He also holds the title of Haute Living’s own youngest cover subject. The 49ers first entered the family by way of Jed’s grandfather Edward J. DeBartolo Sr., who purchased the …

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Meg Whitman

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

As President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, this Princeton and Harvard graduate, previously served as an executive in the Walt Disney Company, DreamWorks, Procter & Gamble, and Hasbro.  Immediately before going to HP, she was President and CEO of eBay. Whitman was the Republican candidate in California’s most recent gubernatorial race.  Though she did not win, …

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Maxx And Trevor Traina

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

His official bio on HuffingtonPost.com, where he contributes as a guest columnist, credits Trevor Traina as a San Francisco-based technology entrepreneur, but he also sits on the boards of DriverSide, Verdiem, MyEtone and SchemaLogic. And then there’s his half-brother Maxx Traina, the son of Danielle Steel and vintner John Traina, another respected member of San …

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Thomas Steyer

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Steyer is co-managing partner of Farallon Capital Management, LLC, which manages the wealth of a number of other high-profile and high-net-worth individuals on our list. It’s a position he has held since founding the company in 1986. He got his start in the Risk Arbitrage Department of Goldman, Sachs & Co.

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Gary Shansby

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

He’s a private-equity-firm investor turned tequila entrepreneur who happens to have the priciest home on the market in Sonoma—a 362-acre spread that features a stunning 11,600-square-foot, Tuscan-style villa on a hilltop. He bought the completely undeveloped property in 1990 for a little more than $3 million, and transformed it into a lavish estate that boasts …

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