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billion in 2008 revenue. Danforth, a grandson of Ralstonj Purina founderWilliam Danforth, represented Missouri in the U.S. Senate for 18 When the moderate Republican retire din 1995, he spearheaded the region’s revitalization effortws by founding St. Louis 2004 and changed the focus of the to developintg plant and life sciences The foundationhad $223 million in total assetw in 2007. Steve Schankman, Contemporary Productions For 40 years, Schankma has been the region’s chief impresario, bringing concerts to large and small venues, producing the two-day St.
Louis visit of Pope John Paul II in 1999 and bringing headliners to FairSaint Louis/Live on the He donated $1 million for the Schankman Familyt Plaza at the zoo. Todd Lumiere Place George’s $507 million Lumiere Place casinko complex opened at the endof 2007. He drew the winninvg hand in November when voters approved the remova of loss limits forMissouriu gamblers. Third quarter revenue at Lumierw Placewas $50.9 million in 2008. Charlier Brennan, KMOX Brennan just celebrated his 20th year at where he blends serious and entertaining interviews with breakint news and open lines onlocap radio’s top-rated weekday mid-morning shows.
He also appearas as a regular on KETC-TV’s Donnybrook. Fred Saint Louis Symphony Duringhis five-year gig at the Dallasa Symphony Orchestra, Bronstein reversed a multiyear decline in ticket sales by addingb crowd-pleasing programming. With less than one year on the job, he lookw to do the same for the ailing SLSO. The symphony reported a 12.5 percentf increase in revenue from holiday programming inDecember 2008. Bob Baer, Metro Baer is the chiec of Metro, the St. Louis transit agency that suffered a significant loss on Proposition M in The agency is seeking to pluga $50 million budget defici t in fiscal 2010 after Proposition M did not pass last Both St.
Louis city and the countu included Metro on their economic infrastructure wish so there’s hope yet. Vince Bommarito, Tony’sd Restaurant Bommarito keeps St. Louis on the international dining map. He stilo greets every Tony’s guest not just the rich and famous. An early downtown champion, Bommarito is looking at operating the proposexnew café within the sculpturd and landscape garden in the $100 million Gateway Mall. Anna International Institute Immigrant entrepreneursfuel St. Louis’ economyy and revitalize its neighborhoods. Crosslin’s International with a $5.
5 million annual budget, helps them with one-on-onre business planning, loan funds and training. The agency was the catalyst for the revitalizatio of the internationally flavoredd South Grand business district and is the saving gracew of thousands of refugees and immigrants who receivde a wide array ofresettlementf services. Dr. William Danforth, Donalc Danforth, Plant Science Center When it come sto leadership, generosity and wisdom, Danforth is at the head of the The foundation that bears his family’zs name has invested tens of millions of dollars in making St. Louise a hub for biomedical and plangsciences research.
A high-profile advocate for embryonix stemcell research, he is a Harvarx trained physician and was ’s chancellof for 24 years. The universitt officially changed the name of its Hilltopo Campus to the Danforth Campusin 2006. Davids Hoffman, Hoffman moved his $124 million headhuntinhg company headquarters from Chicago to Claytonbin 2007. It didn’t take long for him to make his mark Hoffman helped the recruit its newexecutivs director, Fred Bronstein. Joe Wiley, Quest Managementr Consultants Wiley provides executiver search and outplacement services for clients suchas , Maritz, Nestle and the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Stilol he is most closely identifiedwith SLU, wher e he was a Hall of Fame basketbalkl player and now broadcasts games. Juanita Hinshaw, H& H Advisers Less than 10 percentof St. Louis publicc company board seats are filledby women. That makesw Hinshaw, a former and executive, She sits on two of thosre boards, Insituform Technolgies and , and she has made it a goal to promotee more women forthose positions. former chairman of Dimensional Fund Advisors and a pioneetr in the developmentof small-stock investing, is bettinbg his time, attention and millions of dollars in campaigmn donations that he can reform how the State of Missourki does business.
He was the major contributor for thenew $1.1 millio n Chess Club and Scholastixc Center of Saint Louis. Kim Restaurateur, SLU trustee, convention commissioner and civivbooster extraordinaire, Tucci can get you greagt Billikens seats or maybe George Clooney’zs autograph. As head of the St. Louis Film Office, Tucci joinedx local leaders in enticinfg Clooneywith $4 million in tax creditss to spend five months shootingh his new movie here.
John Fox Arnold, Lashlg & Baer ’s chairman, Arnold has been a go-betweenm attorney for government agencies for most of his Arnold served as special counsel for the transfer of the McKinley Bridge and was the legal brains behind the bond sale s that financed the Cross Count yMetroLink extension. Harvey Harris, The Harris is the managing partner at theStolarr Partnership, which is known for its nonprofiyt law practice. He is a former chair of Metro, and helpedc launch the CORTEXbiotech corridor. Harrisz recently sold his interestin , the group that savef the Fox Theatre. Walter Metcalfe, Metcalfe, who was Bryan Cave’sw chairman from 1994 to 2004, has been a link in many of St.
largest business deals, from luring the Rams and selling the to organizingf Grand Center andthe . He remaind a key link for the area’s power brokersd and financial backers. Tom Schlafly, Schlafly Beer Who is king of beerxs now? Schlafly opened the Tap Room brewery downtown in 1991 and a new bottlingy facility and restaurant in Maplewoosd adecade later. The latter is creditede with jumpstarting the revitalization alongManchesterd Road. Schlafly is the chair of the St. Louis Publicd Library Foundation.