Washington Life Magazine: June 2007:WEALTH LIST

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.

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

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

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.

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

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,

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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