Lou Raizin

AGE: 57
OCCUPATION: President, Broadway in Chicago

Raizin just delivered a one-two punch. Last December, he extracted a $2 million tax credit from the state legislature that will help lure hit Broadway shows. This December, he brings us a box-office slam dunk: The Book of Mormon.

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