100 Most Influential
These Philly Activists Called for the Rizzo Statue Removal Long Before It Was Popular
This article was published as part of our list of the 76 most influential people in Philadelphia. See the full list here. To grasp just […]
These Philly Union Leaders’ Influence Extends Beyond Labor Organization
This article was published as part of our list of the 76 most influential people in Philadelphia. See the full list here. Can you believe […]
How Gritty (and His Entourage) Made it Okay to Laugh Again
This article was published as part of our list of the 76 most influential people in Philadelphia. See the full list here. When the pandemic […]
The 76 Most Influential People in Philadelphia Right Now
Clout is something you feel, not something you measure. It’s highly subjective. And yet by any gauge, our idea of power players — and what […]
Three Philadelphians Using Their Social Media Platforms to Effect Real Change
This article was published as part of our list of the 76 most influential people in Philadelphia. See the full list here. In a year […]
Jennifer Weiner: The Literary Lioness
This is what the world knows about Jennifer Weiner: She writes funny and emotionally gripping novels about plucky plus-size heroines. She writes insightful and pithy […]
Nicole Cashman: Maven of Messaging
Over nearly two decades, Nicole Cashman has grown her single-employee start-up shop into one of the most formidable public relations powers in the region. Cashman […]
Stephen Klasko: Health-Care Disrupter
What difference can one man make? How Jefferson has grown during Klasko’s time as president and CEO. Originally published as part of “The 100 Most […]
Carl June: The Cancer Slayer
Take a giant leap toward a cure for cancer, and everybody wants a piece of you. On an afternoon in late August, two days before […]
Adam Grant: The Thinker
Over the six years Adam Grant has spent as a professor of management at Wharton — the youngest tenured prof at the school and the […]
Michael Solomonov: The Culinary Emissary
Michael Solomonov was in his chef’s apron, dusty with bread flour. Zahav was still brand-new, in 2008, and he was rolling out disks for laffa, […]
Ali Perelman: New Philly’s Old Money
Ali Perelman, the millennial scion of one of the wealthiest families in Philadelphia, is shoving a giant push broom down the street in Bella Vista. […]
Joseph Forkin: The River Warden
Joseph Forkin started his march toward reuniting Philadelphia with its working river long before he made the leap this summer from COO to president of […]
Ron Barchet and Bill Covaleski: Brewmeisters, Biz Whizzes
At this point, ordering a Victory Prima Pils might be just as “Philly” as ordering a Yuengling lager — a stunning expression of the influence […]
Meryl Levitz: Tourism’s Pied Piper
When Meryl Levitz came here in 1971, “Philly tourism” was a punch line, not a billion-dollar industry. Now, Philadelphia regularly tops lists — from big-deal […]