40-under-forty

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTS, STRATEGY & PARTNERSHIPSCNN DIGITALATLANTAAGE: 35 ? While attending a Technical Awareness Day at AT&T as a high-school...

DIVISION VICE PRESIDENTDAVITA INC.AGE: 38 ? For Ikenna W. Okezie, M.D., taking on the role of Division vice president at...

PRINCIPALBARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HEMPSTEAD PUBLIC SCHOOLHEMPSTEAD, N.Y.AGE: 38 ? For Helisse D. Palmore, head of the first school in...

MANAGING DIRECTOR THE BECK GROUPATLANTAAGE: 36 ? Frederick Perpall spent childhood summers with his uncle, doing masonry work. However, laying...

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT and DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL?DIGITAL MEDIA, GLOBAL LICENSING and ANCILLARY BUSINESSES NICKELODEON?MTVN KIDS AND FAMILY GROUPNEW YORK CITYAGE:...

VICE PRESIDENT, MERCHANT BANKING DIVISION GOLDMAN SACHS NEW YORK CITY AGE: 32 Robert Reffkin, vice president in the Merchant Banking...

GLOBAL HUMAN HEALTH SIGMA LEADER MERCK & CO. AGE: 34 ? Rodney Sanders was recruited by Merck & Co, a...

PRESIDENTDSA MEDIA GROUP L.L.C.NEW YORK CITYAGE: 38 ? At DSA Media Group L.L.C., Dante Simpson leads a team of media...

MANAGER, COMMUNITY OUTREACH and DIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT NEWS CORPORATIONNEW YORK CITYAGE: 39 ? DaMar Smith, manager of diversity initiatives for media...