For over forty years, Paul Tudor Jones has been synonymous with Wall Street—he’s the master of macro, the man who predicted the “Black Monday” crash of 1987 while perpetuating the excessive stereotype of the hard-partying hedge fund managers of the decade. His investment management firm, Tudor Investment Corporation, holds upwards of $10 billion in assets under management…
Henry Paulson is an American banker who served as the 74th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, where he led one of the biggest government bailouts in history. During his tenure, the 2008 financial crises hit, and many believe that a global depression was prevented by Paulson, who was the leading economic policy advisor to the country’s sitting president…
During the past four decades, Oliver Stone has emerged as one of Hollywood’s preeminent iconoclasts, a master of controversial subjects and chronicler of American history. The legendary filmmaker came into prominence in the late 1980s for his films about the Vietnam War…
When Elaine Chao’s cargo ship made it to America in 1961, the young girl could have scarcely imagined that she would eventually become one of the country’s most powerful women. She was eight years old and didn’t speak any English. But since then, Chao’s life has represented a quintessential American success story…
Thomas Jefferson is one of America’s most important historical figures, a leading influence in the nation’s early years. Most notably Jefferson is credited with authoring the Declaration of Independence and serving as the third President of the United States, where he was responsible for nearly doubling the country’s size through the Louisiana Purchase…
Bill Bradley is one of the most accomplished athletes on the planet. After a historic career on Princeton’s basketball team, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he earned a Master’s degree. While overseas, Bradley played one season of professional basketball in Europe, and eventually decided to join the New York Knicks for the 1967–68 season…
As a self-made billionaire and WWII veteran, Sumner Redstone was a larger-than-life figure in the grand tradition of the Hearsts, Paleys, and Pulitzers. Throughout his career, Redstone played an important role in the entertainment and communications industries, single-handedly transforming a family-owned drive-in theater company into a global media portfolio…
John Donahoe is the Chief Executive Officer of Nike, one of the largest and most recognizable athletic brands on the planet. As one of the industry’s hottest CEOs, Donahoe has previously helmed several other major companies including eBay, ServiceNow, and Bain & Company…
Nelson Peltz is a legendary corporate raider and one of the most successful activist investors in the financial world. With over 40 years of investment experience, Peltz is probably best known for being one of the founders of the alternative investment company Trian Fund Management…
The first modern American president, Theodore Roosevelt, left an indelible mark during his two terms between 1901 and 1909. A dynamic force from the moment of his inauguration, Roosevelt expanded the reach of the U.S. government into such areas as industry, labor, the environment, consumer rights, and foreign affairs…
