Packages: Power 100

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.

There are 11 million reasons you should know this behind-the-scenes fundraiser and political operator. That’s the number of dollars she’s helped her boss raise for his reelection.

He evolved a single store in Glenview into the 21st-century version of the Polk Bros.

Though some gripe about his “All Andy, All the Time” approach, the veteran TV journalist has rejuvenated the 91-year-old investigative outfit.

The Chatham–raised musician has had the city’s youth wrapped around his mike since 2013. But now the world is taking notice. On top of collaborations with Rick Rubin, Frank Ocean, and Madonna and a headlining slot at Lollapalooza, Bennett landed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Music list in January.