A superstar among legal conservatives, Amy Coney Barrett has had a long career in law as both a distinguished professor and judge. In October 2020, following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Barrett became the fifth woman confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the youngest justice confirmed since Clarence Thomas was elevated to the nation’s highest court at age 43…
After an injury to his pitching arm which ended a contract to play baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, Alan Schwartz went on to become a financial titan known for his grand slams on Wall Street. In 1976, Schwartz was 26 when he joined Bear Stearns as an institutional stock salesman…
Renowned Indian economist Urjit Patel is widely credited with helping to arrest the rupee’s decline against the USD while also promoting financial stability in India. Born in 1963, Patel received a top education at schools in London and the U.S. before joining the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1990, where he worked on the U.S., India, Bahamas, and Myanmar desks for several years…
By age 33, French businessman Stéphane Bancel was already running a multinational biotech company with a market capitalization that exceeded $3 billion. Born in 1972, Bancel first attended college in Paris before studying chemical engineering and business administration at the University of Minnesota and Harvard University, respectively…
Born in 1955, Ric Burns is an internationally recognized documentary filmmaker and writer best known for his eight-part, 17-hour public television program “New York: A Documentary Film.” Since founding Steeplechase Films in 1989, Burns has gone on to direct some of the most distinguished historical documentary programs for PBS…
