Katherine Farley

Senior managing director

Tishman Speyer

At her day job, Ms. Farley leads Tishman Speyer’s real estate projects in Brazil and China, presiding over $1.6 billion in investments in those countries. She oversaw the construction of Brazil’s tallest building and the development of a 10 million-square-foot town outside of Shanghai. Here at home, she was just named chairmen-designate of Lincoln Center, the most prestigious board post in New York's art world. The 59-year-old is leading the institution's $1.2 billion redevelopment project, the city’s largest and most important cultural expansion in decades. -- Miriam Kreinin Souccar