This polyglot manages the second-largest foundation in Illinois ($1.6 billion in assets). He's on this list because he wields sizable influence in disparate circles, from schools (he was interim CEO of CPS) to the Chicago Fed.
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This article appears in the March 2013 issue of Chicago magazine.
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