18. Patrick Dolan
Post: Majority Owner of the Newsday Media Group
The Dolan family controls the New York Knicks, the New York Rangers and AMC Networks and also the historic Madison Square Garden. Patrick Dolan is a journalist and executive who runs the News 12 Cablevision Network and now has over 75% ownership at Newsday Media Group. The person who controls the media is certainly a force to be reckoned with.
17. James Simons
Post: Founder, Renaissance Technologies
James Simons is a mathematician and he used his exceptional mathematical skills to found Renaissance Technologies, an investment management company. All those numbers have paid off and his organization has done tremendously well and is now considered one of the best investment management companies based in NYC, what put him on the list of influencers in NYC.
