Chicagos most powerful

When Cook County put his corpse on display to the public yeah, they used to do that , 15, people lined up to see him. Because he's become more of a cartoon character or Halloween costume in our modern era, it's easy to overlook the fact that he caused a gargantuan amount of death and pain for our city.

He was the pioneer of the mobster as pop star, as sharp with his PR tactics as his bootlegging. While battling the North Side Gang for control of the underworld, he opened soup kitchens and strutted around town in custom suits, chomping cigars and sipping Templeton Rye.

Every mobster cliche today is in some way due to him. Load up on ammo and wiseguy patter with our ranked list of the best gangster and crime movies in cinema. About us. Contact us. Time Out magazine. Discover the best of the city, first.

We already have this email. Try another? Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti. John "Papa Johnny" Torrio. Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci. Louis "Two Gun" Alterie. Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn. The Genna Brothers. Frank McErlane. Giacomo "Big Jim" Colosimo. Frank and Peter Gusenberg. Hymie Weiss.

Paul "The Waiter" Ricca. George "Bugs" Moran. Dean O'Banion. Daley, then the rest. But last year the Man on Five vacated his throne, and Oprah threw us over for Tinseltown. Blago was busted, Rahm arrived, and Groupon, the web upstart that sounded like a fish special, became a multi-billion-dollar baby. Roiling the status quo, too, was a still-troubled economy that gaveth power and tooketh it away. To be sure, some of the old guard still hold sway Pritzkers, Crowns, Madigans. I have trouble thinking about power as something one lusts for.

But if power translates into wanting to get things done. Her background is steeped in scholarship, with a love of history that became interwoven with a love of administration. That was the life I chose. But there was a time when I discovered that I enjoyed administration, that I enjoyed the work of organizing and getting things done.

Gray was appointed U. She had been elected provost at Yale in Her teaching posts, before she went into administration, were at Bryn Mawr, Harvard and the University of Chicago. But the demands are worth it. Grimshaw, Department of Health and Human Services. When political insiders talk about the women with power in City Hall , they seldom agree on who might be the most powerful of all.

Lucille Dobbins, administrative assistant for finance and administration? Now more than ever, businesses, nonprofits and government agencies rely on strong, energetic leadership to thrive during challenging times.

These dynamic women are at the top of their respective industries, and yet each also find time to support nonprofits and civic organizations. As president of Chicago Cares Inc. You talk to people. You feel it. You touch it. Brewer is the CEO and member of the board of directors of Walgreens Boots Alliance , a global leader in retail and wholesale pharmacy. Be your whole, authentic self, and bring both your head and your heart to your decisions in your work to achieve your dreams.

Since she took the reins in , the company has more than doubled revenues. Dillon will step away from Ulta in July to become the next chair of the Economic Club of Chicago , which fosters meaningful connections among Chicago leaders to encourage dialogue on important economic and social issues and encourage the next generation of leaders.