News | October 30, 2008

Haute 100: Aby Rosen, Alex Rodriguez, André Balazs, Bill & Hillary Clinton and more

News | October 30, 2008

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Category: Thinkers
Tom Wolfe
Industry: Writing
What makes them Haute: Best-selling American author and journalist, and credited with coining numerous phrases in the English Lexicon, Wolfe revolutionized American journalism.

Category: Designers
Tommy Hilfiger
Company: Tommy Hilfiger
Industry: Fashion
What makes them Haute: He took a vision of classic American sportswear and made it into one of the world’s most recognized lifestyle brands.

Category: Originators
Tony Goldman
Company: Goldman Properties
Industry: Real Estate
What makes them Haute: He can be credited with the creation of Soho.

Category: Originators
Trump Family
Company: Trump
Industry: Real Estate
What makes them Haute: One of the most iconic families in the city, the Trumps are a real estate dynasty.

Category: Billionaires
Wilbur Ross
Company: W.L. Ross & Co.
Industry: Finance
What makes them Haute: Billionaire Ross launched W.L. Ross & Co. investment fund with $440 million in capital and a small staff that he recruited from Rothschild.

Category: Entrepreneurs
William Mack
Company: Apollo Real Estate Advisors, L.P.
Industry: Real Estate
What makes them Haute: Mack is a third generation real estate tycoon best known for codeveloping the Time Warner Center. He also heads Apollo Real Estate Advisers, serves as chair of real estate investment trust Mack-Cali Realty, and is chairman of the Guggenheim.

Category: Originators
William & Arthur Zeckendorf
Company: Terra Holdings
Industry: Real Estate
What makes them Haute: They are the brothers behind the most expensive address in the city: 15 Central Park West.

Category: Thinkers
Woody Allen
Industry: Film
What makes them Haute: New York’s greatest auteur always presents his beloved Big Apple in a sophisticated and romanticized way.

Category: Entrepreneurs
Woody Johnson
Company: Johnson Company, Inc.
Industry: Investments
What makes them Haute: The philanthropic heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune purchased the New York Jets in 2000 for $635 million.

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