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Just when it looked like he was in the twilight of his career as Chicago’s chief public-corruption buster, he’s gotten a second life, with more money and power to investigate wrongdoing.

Starting 12 companies and turning around numerous others isn’t enough for this serial entrepreneur. Last year, he took over the nonprofit tech incubator 1871, helping to double its startup space in the Merchandise Mart.

You know those Allstate “Mayhem” ads? Her team's idea.

With Bruce Rauner’s threats to take on “government union bosses,” the head honcho of one of the state’s largest unions—and a fixture on a slew of Rahm’s appointed task forces—will have lots of chances to flex his muscles.

This veteran legal whiz is behind some of the biggest corporate mergers and acquisitions in the nation, most recently the $11 billion Burger King-Tim Hortons marriage.

The MCA was the only U.S. venue to snag the blockbuster David Bowie Is—a testament to this curator’s international reputation.

Who else could so quickly nab investors like Twitter's Dick Costolo, Rich Melman, and culinary legend Thomas Keller and convince 15 restaurants across the country to sign on for the pilot version of his next iteration of online ticketing?

Any serious modern art collector with a serious wallet turns to this Magnificent Mile gallerist.

With exonerations of 16 wrongfully imprisoned men (and six pending cases), she has helped overturn more convictions than any private attorney in the country.

Wherever the lauded mixologist goes, cocktail connoisseurs follow.