Katie Koch is president and chief executive of TCW, where she leads the strategic direction of the Los Angeles-based investment firm. Before joining TCW in 2023, she spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs, ...

Reality star Kim Kardashian first stepped into public life with E! reality television series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” which aired from 2007 to 2021. She then launched multiple fashion and ...

John Parker co-founded Parker Brown in 1994 with Scott Brown after serving as a construction manager in Los Angeles. The Canoga Park-based firm specializes in tenant improvements, ground-up ...

Kevin Miller founded Los Angeles-based Thorofare Capital in 2010 and has since grown the commercial real estate debt manager to over $1.2 billion in AUM, with more than $5.1 billion in total capital ...

Esther Cho is a board member at Stradley Ronon, the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Southern California office in Long Beach, and co-chair of its financial services litigation and enforcement practice ...

Noor Menai is president and chief executive of CTBC Bank Corp. USA. He’s also deputy head of international business at its parent company, CTBC Bank. A key figure in finance, he is a member of the ...

Dana Settle is co-founder and managing partner of Greycroft, a venture capital firm with dual headquarters in downtown Los Angeles and New York City. Her active investments include the wellness brand ...

Stephen Cheung is the president and chief executive of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. and World Trade ...

Mauricio Umansky is the founder and chief executive of The Agency, a billion-dollar brokerage formed in 2011 that leverages world-class technology and innovative marketing to help agents and clients ...

David Rich is the founder and managing partner of SVN–Rich Investment Real Estate Partners, a locally based brokerage that specializes in the sale, leasing and management of commercial real estate ...

Jacquelyn Clites assumed her role as the chief executive of the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region in December 2025, marking 14 years with the organization. Clites succeeds Joanne Nowlin, who is ...

Eric Manlunas is the founder and managing partner of Wavemaker Partners, a cross-border venture capital firm with dual headquarters in Santa Monica and Singapore. Since 2003, he has led the firm in ...