Haute 100 New York
By Haute Living
The powerful, the entrepreneurs, the philanthropists, and the thinkers: the Haute 100 provides a thorough cross section of the people who run the big apple.
By Haute Living
Aby Rosen
Category Originators
Company RFR Holding
Industry Real Estate
What makes them Haute This superstar German-born developer is a New York real estate mogul with a contemporary art collection that rivals some museums.
Alex Rodriguez
Category Athletes
Company New York Yankees
Industry Sports
What makes them Haute The highest paid Yankee is also the highest paid professional baseball player in history.
André Balazs
Category Originators
Company André Balazs Properties
Industry Hotels
What makes them Haute In New York (The Mercer, The Standard, Sunset Beach, 40 Mercer Residences, One Kenmare Square, William Beaver House) and across the country, Balazs properties are a beacon for the haute bourgeoise.
Andrew Farkas
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Island Global Yachting
Industry Real Estate
What makes them Haute The chairman of Island Global Yachting redefined the megayacht marina in Montauk and around the world.
Anna Wintour
Category Thinkers
Company Vogue
Industry Media
What makes them Haute The Vogue editor-in-chief is a fashion icon and institution.
Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
Category Thinkers
Company New York Times
Industry Media
What makes them Haute Chairman and publisher of the New York Times has been running the paper’s day-to-day operations since 1992.
Barry Rosenstein
Category Billionaires
Company JANA Partners, LLC
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute This corporate takeover specialist is the founder and managing partner of JANA Partners LLC, a $5 billion event-driven hedge fund that launched in April 2001.
Bill & Hillary Clinton
Category Power Couples
Company United States of America
Industry Politics
What makes them Haute The former president and the current senator continually work to make New York a better place.
Brett Favre
Category Athletes
Company New York Jets
Industry Sports
What makes them Haute One of the greatest players in NFL history, Favre’s gunslinging swagger has reinvigorated the Jets.
Bruce Wasserstein
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Lazard Ltd and Lazard Group
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute This financial wizard is also the owner of the venerable New York magazine.
Bruce Kovner
Category Billionaires
Company Caxton Associates
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute The self-made hedge fund billionaire dropped out of Harvard to drive a New York City taxi. He started his fortune with $3,000 borrowed from credit cards.
Carl Icahn
Category Billionaires
Company Icahn Enterprises
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute This real estate and finance mogul is ranked as the 20th wealthiest American.
Carolina Herrera
Category Designers
Company Carolina Herrera New York
Industry Fashion
What makes them Haute Best known for her classic minimalist designs and for having served as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ personal stylist for over a decade, Herrera’s design house epitomizes the essence of timeless, classic style.
Charlie Rose
Category Thinkers
Company Charlie Rose
Industry Media
What makes them Haute In a world where reality programming abounds, his show offers a refreshing and thought-provoking change, conducting interviews with an endless stream of the globe’s most interesting and influential people, such as Bill Clinton, Al Pacino, and Jonathan Tisch.
Daniel Boulud
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Daniel Boulud
Industry Restaurant
What makes them
Haute His establishments have defined the haute dining scene for over a decade.
David Koch
Category Billionaires
Company Koch Industries
Industry Manufacturing, energy, and commodities
What makes them Haute This oil-and-gas billionaire is often called New York’s wealthiest resident; he recently gave $100 million to the renovation of the New York State Theater.
Denise Rich
Category Socialites
Industry Social
What makes them Haute The successful songwriter is a staple in the New York society circuit.
Derek Jeter
Category Athletes
Company New York Yankees
Industry Sports
What makes them Haute He’s the heart and soul of the most storied franchise in all of sports.
Diane Sawyer & Mike Nichols
Category Power Couples
Company ABC (Sawyer)
Industry News, Movies
What makes them Haute Emmy-winning Sawyer gives us the news and Oscar-winning Nichols provides the entertainment. The duo lives happily on the Upper East Side.
Diane von Furstenberg & Barry Diller
Category Power Couples
Company Diane Von Furstenberg, Interactive Corp.
Industry Fashion, Media
What makes them Haute The president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, she has one of her famous wrap dresses displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He’s a media titan and visionary who heads New York holding company Interactive Corp.
Donna Karan
Category Designers
Company DKNY
Industry Fashion
What makes them Haute Fashion designer Donna Karan founded Urban Zen Foundation in 2007 with a mission to advance the journey of health care by combining Eastern traditions with Western science.
Donny Deutsch
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Deutsch, Inc.
Industry Media
What makes them Haute The advertising
mogul and CNBC personality has
expressed interest in running for mayor of New York City.
Dr. Mehmet Oz
Category Thinkers
Company New York Presbyterian Medical Center
Industry Medicine
What makes them Haute Author of two books and a frequent guest on Oprah and the Discovery Health channel, Oz might be the city’s most famous surgeon.
Eddie Lampert
Category Billionaires
Company Sears Holdings Corporation and ESL Investments
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute The financial wizard has been hailed as the next Warren Buffett.
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Warner Music Group
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute Not only does Bronfman serve as chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group, he’s also a general partner at Accretive, LLC, is chairman of the board of InterActiveCorp., and is on the board at many institutions.
Eli Manning
Category Athletes
Company New York Giants
Industry Sports
What makes them Haute After delivering an against-all-odds Super Bowl title with a near-flawless and gutsy playoff run, he’s got the Giants rolling again in 2008.
Emily Rafferty
Category Thinkers
Company Metropolitan Museum of Art
Industry Art
What makes them Haute Rafferty oversees 2,000 employees, a $190 million annual operating budget, and an $80 million merchandising business. She is the first woman to run the day-to-day operations of the Metropolitan Museum of New York and consequently is renowned as one of the most influential women in New York.
Fern Mallis
Category Entrepreneurs
Company IMG Fashion
Industry Fashion
What makes them Haute She reinvented Fashion Week and is responsible for its organization thus deeming her one of the most powerful people in the industry.
Geoffrey Bradfield
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Geoffrey Bradfield Inc.
Industry Interior Design
What makes them Haute As the designer of choice for billionaires everywhere, Bradfield’s impeccable taste can be seen in some of the city’s most spectacular residences.
George Steinbrenner
Category Billionaires
Company New York Yankees
Industry Sports
What makes them Haute The principal owner of the Bronx Bombers, “The Boss” has reigned over baseball’s greatest dynasty since 1973, sparing no expense to bring home 10 pennants and six World Series rings. Next season will see the opening of a dream, a new Yankee Stadium.
George Soros
Category Philanthropists
Company Soros Fund Management, LLC
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute Truly an iconoclast, Soros is the 80th richest man on the planet, though he proudly sports a Swatch watch. Besides presiding over the hedge fund that bears his name, he has authored 10 books, is a strong political activist, and one of the city’s most revered philanthropists.
Georgina Chapman & Harvey Weinstein
Category Power Couples
Company Marchesa ,The Weinstein Company,
Industry Fashion, Film
What makes them Haute The recent union between the legendary film maker and cofounder of Miramax and the supermodel-turned-designer for Marchesa has resulted in a New York power couple.
Giuseppe Cipriani
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Cipriani
Industry Hospitality/Fine Dining
What makes them Haute The name Cipriani is synonymous with refinement and glamour. Giuseppe oversees the growing restaurant venues and made a successful jump into real estate with the Cipriani Club Residences at 55 Wall Street.
Harry Macklowe
Category Originators
Company Macklowe Properties
Industry Real Estate
What makes them Haute The Manhattan developer might have made some headlines over a deal gone south last February, but make no mistake that Macklowe is still one of the city’s great reale state moguls.
Herbert Allen
Category Billionaires
Company Allen & Company Incorporated, Coca-Cola
Industry Media, Finance
What makes them Haute Renowned as one of the most formidable advisers to media moguls, Allen aided Google in going public.
Howard Stern
Category Entertainers
Company The Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio
Industry Media
What makes them Haute The iconoclastic gatekeeper of a legion of 15-minutes-of-famers, the self-proclaimed “King of All Media” remains a top-rated radio personality, earning $274,725 a day with Sirius. He has had a successful movie, two best-selling books, and now, his own digital cable station, Howard TV.
Howard Lorber
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Vector Group Limited
Industry Real Estate
What makes them Haute As co-owner and chairman of the largest residential real estate agency in New York and chairman of hot dog conglomerate Nathan’s Famous, Lorber embodies New York living, mind, body, and soul.
I.M. Pei
Category Originators
Company Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Industry Architecture
What makes them Haute From the Kips Bay Plaza in 1963 to the Four Seasons Hotel in 1993 to the Centurion in 2008, this Pritzker Prize-winning architect has been shaping the skyline of New York City for decades.
Ian Schrager
Category Originators
Company Ian Schrager Company
Industry Hospitality
What makes them Haute Credited with revolutionizing the entertainment and hospitality industries, Schrager burst onto the scene in the ‘70s with his club Studio 54. He has since redefined the boutique hotel genre, and his residential projects, such as 40 Bond and 50 Gramercy Park North, are making national headlines.
Jack Welch
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Jack Welch, LLC
Industry Media & Finance
What makes them Haute This award-winning syndicated writer and special partner of private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice was named “Manager of the Century” by Fortune in 2000 due to his tenure at General Electric. During his time as chairman and CEO of GE, the company’s market capitalization rose from $13 billion to $400 billion, while revenues grew from $27 billion to $125 billion and earnings grew tenfold to almost $14 billion.
Jade Jagger
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Yoo Group
Industry Design
What makes them Haute The beautiful daughter of Mick Jagger is putting her stamp on the Manhattan skyline through her project The Jade.
Jane Rosenthal
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Tribeca Productions
Industry Film
What makes them Haute A behind-the-scenes entertainment industry A-list superstar, Rosenthal has distinguished herself as a leading film producer with a roster of both critically and commercially acclaimed films, while also making New York a film festival must-stop with the Tribeca Film Festival (co-founded with Robert De Niro).
Jay-Z
Category Entertainers
Industry Music
What makes them Haute More than just a hip-hop icon, the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella co-owns the New Jersey Nets and the 40/40 Club. One of the highest paid artists in his field, Jay-Z signed a $150 million contract with Live Nation in April—one of the largest contracts ever awarded to an entertainer.
Jeff Immelt
Category Entrepreneurs
Company General Electric
Industry Business
What makes them Haute Since he began serving as GE’s CEO in 2001, the company has been named America’s most admired company by Fortune magazine, and Immelt has been named one of the World’s Best CEO three times by Barrons.
Jeff Koons
Category Thinkers
Industry Art
What makes them Haute In November 2007, Koons’ works became some of the most expensive by any living artist when his giant stainless-steel Hanging Heart sold at Sotheby’s New York for $23.6 million, only to be topped in July 2008 by his Balloon Flower (Magenta) selling for a record $25.7 million at Christie’s in London.
Jeffrey Rackover
Category Designers
Company Diamonds by Jeffrey Rackover
Industry Jewelry
What makes them Haute Whether it’s Oscar night or a marriage proposal, he’s the go-to-jeweler that stars, celebs, and moguls rely on.
Jennifer Lopez
Category Entertainers
Industry Music
What makes them Haute While she may also have homes in Miami and Los Angeles, she will always be Jenny from the Block.
Jerry Seinfeld
Category Entertainers
Industry Television
What makes them Haute He revolutionized the TV sitcom, left an indelible mark on popular culture, and became wealthy in the process. He’s also remained grounded in his New York roots.
Julian Schnabel
Category Thinkers
Industry Art
What makes them Haute This award-winning painter, sculptor, film director, and musician is also responsible for the recent redesign of the Gramercy Park Hotel.
Ken Chenault
Category Entrepreneurs
Company American Express
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute The CEO and Chairman of American Express is one of New York City’s highest paid executives, raking in $25.21 million a year
Larry Gagosian
Category Thinkers
Company Gagosian Galleries
Industry Art
What makes them Haute Gagosian is a powerful figure in the contemporary arts scene, as he reps Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, and Richard Serra, amongst others.
Larry Silverstein
Category Billionaires
Company Silverstein Properties
Industry Real Estate
What makes them Haute The prominent developer is governor of the Real Estate Board of New York and is overseeing the World Trade Center reconstruction.
Leon Black
Category Billionaires
Company Apollo Management LP
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute It’s still all systems go for the private equity swashbuckler—he’s planning on expanding his multi-billion buyout shop with a new real estate platform. He’s also an art world heavyweight, making ARTnews’ 2008 “Top 10 Collectors” list.
Leonard & Ronald Lauder
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Estée Lauder
Industry Beauty
What makes them Haute Born and raised on the Upper East Side, brothers Leonard and Ronald took their mother’s face cream concoction made in her kitchen and turned it into one of the nation’s largest beauty conglomerates.
Lloyd Blankfein
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Goldman Sachs
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute As chairman and CEO of one of the most prestigious investment banks in the world, he has been making bold moves to bolster it, like recently securing Warren Buffett’s big vote of confidence—a $5 billion investment in Goldman preferred shares.
Madonna
Category Entertainers
Industry Music
What makes them Haute While many have tried, no one can compare to the original Material Girl.
Marc Jacobs
Category Designers
Company Marc Jacobs, Inc.
Industry Fashion
What makes them Haute He has built an eponymous fashion empire while simultaneously acting as creative director of Louis Vuitton.
Maria Bartiromo
Category Thinkers
Company CNBC
Industry Media
What makes them Haute In 1995, Bartiromo became the first journalist to report live from the New York Stock Exchange on a daily basis. In today’s turbulent market, more people than ever are counting on the anchor of CNBC’s The Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo for information. Her nationally syndicated Wall Street Journal Report was recently rated the most watched financial news show in the country.
Marie-Josée & Henry Kravis
Category Power Couples
Company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute One of the wealthiest American families, the Kravises are actively involved with several New York institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mount Sinai Medical Center, and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Martha Stewart
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Industry Entertainment
What makes them Haute The doyenne of domesticity, this comeback queen is an American business magnate, television host, bestselling author, and magazine publisher. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she has gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, and merchandising.
Martin Scorsese
Category Thinkers
Company World Cinema Foundation
Industry Film
What makes them Haute Critics and film scholars have called him the greatest living American director, several of his movies occupy spots on the AFI’s list of greatest movies, he finally got that Oscar, and, thankfully, there are no signs of him slowing down.
Mercedes & Sid Richardson Bass
Category Power Couples
Company Bass Brothers Enterprises
Industry Oil
What makes them Haute The billionaire oil tycoon and his philanthropist and socialite wife split their time between their Texas and New York homes.
Michael Bloomberg
Category Billionaires
Company New York City and Bloomberg LP
Industry Politics
What makes them Haute The popular current mayor has just convinced the City Council to extend the two-term limit, allowing him to run for a third term. He earned his multi-billion dollar fortune by selling financial data and analytic tools to Wall Street. This lucrative business evolved into Bloomberg LP, which now has a magazine, cable network, and radio station. It has been reported that the philanthropic Bloomberg will sell his 68 percent stake one day and perhaps give away the fortune.
Michael I. Sovern
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Sotheby’s and Comcast
Industry Business Services
What makes them Haute The former president of Columbia University is currently the director and chairman of the board at Sotheby’s as well as the director of Comcast Corporation.
Millard S. Drexler
Category Entrepreneurs
Company J. Crew Group and Apple, Inc.
Industry Apparel
What makes them Haute The chairman of J.Crew also serves as a director of Apple, Inc.
Mortimer Zuckerman
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Boston Properties, U.S. News & World Report and the New York Daily News
Industry Real Estate & Media
What makes them Haute Zuckerman is chairman of Boston Properties, one of the largest real estate developers in the United States, and the owner of U.S. News & World Report and the New York Daily News.
Oscar & Annette de la Renta
Category Power Couples
Company Oscar de la Renta
Industry Fashion
What makes them Haute The de la Rentas are eminent fixtures of New York society and the fashion world.
Patricia Hearst
Category Socialites
Company Hearst
Industry Media
What makes them Haute She’s the heiress to the Hearst fortune.
Paul Milstein
Category Billionaires
Company Milstein Properties
Industry Real Estate
What makes them Haute This billionaire owns apartment towers from Battery Park City to the Upper East Side, offices in Midtown, and several undeveloped lots across Manhattan.
Paul Tudor Jones II
Category Billionaires
Company Tudor Investment Corp.
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute The self-made hedge fund billionaire founded New York City poverty-fighting group Robin Hood Foundation in 1988, which raised $70 million at a single banquet last May.
Peter Chernin
Category Entrepreneurs
Company News Corp.
Industry Media
What makes them Haute News Corp.’s president and CEO is the consummate media exec and has overseen a successful move into digital properties, like MySpace.
Petra Nemcova
Category Philanthropists
Company Happy Hearts Fund
Industry Fashion
What makes them Haute The supermodel turned philanthropist started the Happy Hearts Fund in 2005 to aid children in need who have suffered loss or hardship as a result of natural, economic, or health related disasters.
Richard Meier
Category Originators
Company Richard Meier & Partners, Architects LLP
Industry Architecture
What makes them Haute The starchitect is the brainchild behind the three glass towers at 173 and 176 Perry Street and 165 Charles Street in the West Village, which have attracted the likes of Martha Stewart, Natalie Portman, and Calvin Klein.
Richard Parsons
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Time Warner
Industry Media
What makes them Haute The lawyer-turned-banker-turned-media executive is now the chairman of the board at Time Warner, and he sits on the board of many of the city’s famed cultural institutions.
Richard Gilder
Category Philanthropists
Company Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co.
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute A trustee of Morgan Library and Museum, Central Park Conservancy, American Museum of Natural History, and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Gilder, along with Lewis Lehman, received the National Humanity Medal in 2005 for their work promoting education in American History.
Robert De Niro
Category Entertainers
Industry Film
What makes them Haute Arguably the finest actor of his generation, he’s also a force in Tribeca real estate and dining.
Robert A.M. Stern
Category Originators
Company Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Industry Architecture
What makes them Haute Stern is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and received the AIA New York its Medal of Honor in 1984 and the Chapter’s President’s Award in 2001. Stern is the architect behind the Zeckendorf’s 15 Central Park West.
Roger Ailes
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Fox Television
Industry Media
What makes them Haute The czar of cable news, Ailes has taken both CNBC and Fox News to the top of the media industry.
Ronald Perelman
Category Billionaires
Company Scientific Games Corp.
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute Yet another self-made billionaire on our list, Perelman made his fortune through leveraged buyouts. He currently owns more than 75 acres of property in East Hampton.
Rudy Giuliani
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Giuliani Partners LLC
Industry Politics
What makes them Haute The former mayor is still the national face of New York’s post-9/11 comeback.
Rupert Murdoch
Category Billionaires
Company News Corp.
Industry Media
What makes them Haute The powerhouse controls News Corp. which brings in $25 billion a year and has more than 50,000 employees making it the most powerful media conglomerate.
Russell Simmons
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Rush Communications
Industry Fashion, Music
What makes them Haute The founder of Rush Communications, which has a hand in music, fashion, art, media, telecom, philanthropy, jewelry, and more, can be credited with starting the hip-hop movement through the founding of Def Jam Recordings.
Samuel “Si” Newhouse Jr.
Category Billionaires
Company Condé Nast
Industry Media
What makes them Haute As the chairman of Advance Publications, which controls more than two dozen magazines, the low-profile and hands-on Newhouse personally selects Condé Nast’s publishers and editors in chief.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Category Entertainers
Industry Film
What makes them Haute Known for her iconic role as true blue New York sex columnist with a weakness for Manolo Blahniks, Parker is in real life a true New York gal.
Scott Rudin
Category Thinkers
Company Scott Rudin Productions
Industry Film
What makes them Haute The prolific movie producer is notorious for making 500-plus phone calls a day and was involved in 2008’s Oscar nods There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men.
Stephen Ross
Category Originators
Company Related
Industry Real Estate
What makes them Haute Ross’ Related has acquired or developed more than $15 billion in real estate assets since its inception. Currently, Related is working on developing Moynihan Station, which will move Madison Square Garden and renovate Penn Station.
Stephen Schwarzman
Category Billionaires
Company Blackstone Group
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute The chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Blackstone Group, known for his lavish lifestyle, donated $100 million to the New York City Library in March of this year.
Steve Forbes
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Forbes
Industry Media
What makes them Haute Since taking the role of president and CEO of Forbes and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, the company has launched a variety of new magazines and businesses, including Forbes FYI, Forbes Global, and Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Brazilian, Russian, Arabic, and Hebrew editions of the magazine.
Steven Cohen
Category Billionaires
Company S.A.C. Capital Advisors
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute Cohen’s hedge fund, SAC Capital, has 700 employees and
$13 billion under management.
Tisch Family
Category Philanthropists
Company Various
What makes them Haute Arguably one of the most influential families in New York, the Tisch’s philanthropic involvement has touched nearly every institution of the city from N.Y.U to Central Park.
Tom Ford
Category Designers
Company Tom Ford
Industry Fashion
What makes them Haute Formerly the creative director of Gucci, he now heads Tom Ford Fragrances and a dapper menswear line, all of which are housed in his famed Madison Avenue boutique.
Tom Wolfe
Category Thinkers
Industry Writing
What makes them Haute Best-selling American author and journalist, and credited with coining numerous phrases in the English Lexicon, Wolfe revolutionized American journalism.
Tommy Hilfiger
Category Designers
Company Tommy Hilfiger
Industry Fashion
What makes them
Haute He took a vision of classic American sportswear and made it into one of the world’s most recognized lifestyle brands.
Tony Goldman
Category Originators
Company Goldman Properties
Industry Real Estate
What makes them Haute He can be credited with the creation of Soho.
Trump Family
Category Originators
Company Trump
Industry Real Estate
What makes them
Haute One of the most iconic families in the
city, the Trumps are a
real estate dynasty.
Wilbur Ross
Category Billionaires
Company W.L. Ross & Co.
Industry Finance
What makes them Haute Billionaire Ross launched W.L. Ross & Co. investment fund with $440 million in capital and a small staff that he recruited from Rothschild.
William Mack
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Apollo Real Estate Advisors, L.P.
Industry Real Estate
What makes them Haute Mack is a third generation real estate tycoon best known for codeveloping the Time Warner Center. He also heads Apollo Real Estate Advisers, serves as chair of real estate investment trust Mack-Cali Realty, and is chairman of the Guggenheim.
William & Arthur Zeckendorf
Category Originators
Company Terra Holdings
Industry Real Estate
What makes them
Haute They are the brothers behind the most expensive address in
the city: 15 Central Park West.
Woody Allen
Category Thinkers
Industry Film
What makes them Haute New York’s greatest auteur always presents his beloved Big Apple in a sophisticated and romanticized way.
Woody Johnson
Category Entrepreneurs
Company Johnson Company, Inc.
Industry Investments
What makes them Haute The philanthropic heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune purchased the New York Jets in 2000 for $635 million.
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