Capital Advisors, LLC and founding
partner with Winslow Partners, a
private investment fi rm. A chairman and
president of the Export-Import Bank of
the U.S. from 1993-1996, he established
the Carolyn and Kenneth D. Brody
Foundation in 1999, which supports the
American Red Cross, St. John’s College
in Annapolis, Maryland, the Washington
Tennis Foundation, and the University
of Maryland Foundation.
CALVIN CAFRITZ, CARTER
CAFRITZ, CONRAD CAFRITZ
WILLIAM CAFRITZ AND
BUFFY CAFRITZ
The Cafritz name has been a
Washington fi xture for almost a century,
with Morris and Gwen Cafritz’s 1937
Foxhall Road mansion an epicenter
of D.C. social life. Real
estate was more than
mortgages and refi nancing
in the Cafritzian heyday;
it was empire building by
exercising sway over the
city’s eco-political mapping.
More recent times have
seen internecine legal
warfare (Calvin, who was
left in charge of the families
generous philanthropic
giving, was sued by his
brothers over mom’s estate),
but “The Banker” and “Money Bags”
tell us the brothers have hundreds of
millions in personal assets. Calvin carries
on the tradition of community building
through the Morris and Gwendolyn
Cafritz Foundation.
NICHOLAS D. CHABRAJA
This General Dynamics Corp.
chairman and CEO and lawyer-turnedbusinessman
(he’s been a Jenner&Block
partner and a special counsel to the
House of Representatives) started
at the company in 1993 as general
counsel and vice president. Under his
leadership, from 1997 to 2001, General
Dynamics averaged a 19.2 percent
annual return on equity, twice that of
other defense contractors. In 2005,
the company reported $21.2 billion
in revenue, and when its stock rose
in 2006, Chabraja earned a salary plus
bonus of $4.3 million.
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CATHERINE MELLON CONOVER
Once married to Senator John
Warner, this reclusive granddaughter
of legendary financier Andrew W.
Mellon inherited a $100 million
portfolio, which she’s reportedly
turned into something more like
$300 million. In the 1970s divorce
settlement, former hubby Warner got
some nice land for raising horses and
$9 million. Conover, who prefers to
use her mother’s maiden name, still
has plenty of wherewithal to do things
like endow the Pen/Faulkner fi ction
prize and remain active as the founder
of Island Press, a small D.C.-based
publisher of environmental works.
H. LAURENCE CULP JR.
With Danaher Corporation for 17
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offi ce – and on the job – by giving
them a free lunch every day. Delaney
made Capital Source a success by
servicing mid-size businesses ignored
by banks.
RONALD DOZORETZ
Ronald Dozoretz is the founder
of FHC Health Systems. Over the
past decade, he and wife Beth have
contributed more than $1 million to
political candidates. Beth is a devoted
democrat – she’s given heavily to
both Bill and Hilary and recently
hosted a fundraiser for Bill Richardson
– but Ron takes care of business by
contributing to both parties. The fi rst
female executive of Casual Corner
and the fi rst woman to serve as fi nance
chair of the DNC, Beth – who sits on
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IN 1991, [RAUL FERNANDEZ]
started Proxicom with $40,000. Then, a chance meeting
with Ted Leonsis on a commercial airplane led to an
affi liation that helped Proxicom reach $200 million in
revenue by the year 2000.
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years, the 44-year-old exec has been its
CEO for the last six. The marriage must
be a happy one: his total compensation
of $46.2 million in 2006 was the area’s
highest. The bulky package breaks down
into some nice chunks – $41 million in
stock and options, another $5 million
in salary, bonus and additional goodies
like use of the corporate jet. Having
doubled Danaher’s market value has
paid off for the Harvard MBA: his 2006
compensation is but the tip of a fi nancial
iceberg that appears impervious to
warming. Were he to sell his 2,268,000
vested options at present value he’d
realize more than $100 million before
taxes.
JOHN DELANEY
The founder and chief executive
of Capital Source isn’t just on a fast
track – he’s on a turbo track. He
keeps his 300+ employees in the
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the V-Day Council, a movement to stop
violence against women worldwide
– is vice chair of the advisory board
of the Center for Public Leadership at
Harvard’s Kennedy School.
RAUL FERNANDEZ
When Rep. Jack Kemp decided
against running for president in 1988,
Fernandez, one of his interns, switched
tracks and went into computers. In
1991, he started Proxicom with $40,000.
Then, a chance meeting with Ted
Leonsis on a commercial airplane led
to an affi liation that helped Proxicom
reach $200 million in revenue by the
year 2000. Today, Fernandez is an
owner of the Washington Capitals, the
Washington Wizards and the Verizon
Center. Remembering both his days
on the Hill and his move to computers,
Fernandez and wife Jean Marie, who
co-founded the Fernandez Foundation,
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support the next generation of Capitol
Hill interns looking for laptops and a
lucky break.
EMMANUEL FRIEDMAN
Prior to starting FBR in 1989
with Eric Billings and Russell
Ramsey, Friedman had been a senior
vice president at Johnson & Lemon
and before that retail broker at Legg
Mason. A 2006 settlement over an
insider trading case personally cost
him $1.3 million but he was not
charged with any insider trading
himself. The Emmanuel Friedman
Charitable Fund has given to
Brooklyn College, among many
other recipients.
C. BOYDEN GRAY
An heir to a Reynolds
Tobacco fortune, C. Boyden
Gray has the posh résumé
that naturally precedes a
career in politics and law; he
clerked for Chief Justice Earl
Warren for a term, joined
the fi rm of Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr
in 1969 and served as legal
counsel for Vice President
George Bush. He’s not
just another suit, however;
Gray’s got a pet pig named
Penelope, a membership in the
Federalist Society and now serves as
ambassador to the European Union.
SIDNEY AND JANE HARMAN
Sidney serves as the president
of Harman International Industries’
and fi nanced Jane’s entry into the
political arena. The couple last year
gave $15 million to help build
the Harman Center for the Arts
which will combine the existing
Shakespeare Theatre with the new
building to house the Shakespeare
Theatre Company.
RODNEY P. HUNT
The classic teenage need for a
little extra cash led a 14-year-old
Hunt to start a lawn cutting business
in his hometown of Fort Washington.
The grass business turned very green
when Hunt expanded his operation
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