James Bennett Stewart (born c.1952 in Quincy, Illinois) is an American lawyer, journalist, and author. A graduate of DePauw University and Harvard Law School, James B. Stewart is a member of the Bar of New York and Bloomberg Professor of Business and Economic Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is a former Associate at New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

Martha’s public turnaround on fur began this spring, when she responded from jail to a letter from PETA Vice President Dan Mathews , explaining that the fur she famously wore the day of her sentencing was fake. Martha credits her vegetarian daughter, Alexis , who costars in her new show, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart , with making her aware of animal issues.

George Soros (born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, as György Schwartz) is an American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist. He peacefully promotes democracy in Eastern Europe. Currently, he is the chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute and is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. His support for the Solidarity labor movement in Poland, …

Jeffrey Keith "Jeff" Skilling (born November 25, 1953) was the CEO of Enron Corporation in 2001. He was convicted in 2006 of multiple federal felony charges relating to Enron's financial collapse, and is currently serving a 24-year, 4-month prison sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Waseca in Waseca, Minnesota.

Ivan Frederick Boesky (born March 6, 1937, in Detroit) was notable for his prominent role in a Wall Street insider trading scandal that occurred in the United States in the mid-1980s. Boesky was born to a Russian-Jewish family. He is a graduate of the Detroit College of Law (now known as the Michigan State University College of Law). By 1986, Ivan Boesky had become an arbitrageur who had amassed a fortune of about US$200 million by betting on corporate takeovers.

Joseph P. Nacchio (born June 22, 1949), in Brooklyn, New York, was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International from 1997 to 2002. He was convicted of 19 counts of insider trading in Qwest stock on April 19, 2007.

Michael Robert Milken, born July 4, 1946, in Encino, California, is an American financier best known as the "Junk Bond King" of 1980s era Wall Street. He was highly influential in developing the market for junk bonds (a.k.a. "high-yield debt") during the 1970s and 1980s, which in turn fueled the 1980s boom in corporate raids and hostile corporate takeovers. He has been called both a financial innovator and the epitome of 1980s Wall Street greed.

Rene Rivkin was an Australian entrepreneur, stockbroker, and investment adviser. He was the country's best known stockbroker, and one of its most successful until his conviction for insider trading and subsequent suicide.

Dennis Levine (born 1953) was a prominent player in the Wall Street insider trading scandals of the mid-1980s. As a managing director at Drexel Burnham Lambert, he was charged with insider trading by then U.S Attorney Rudy Giuliani, eventually leading investigators to the arrest of Ivan Boesky. Levine grew up in a middle-class family in Bayside, Queens and graduated from New York City's Baruch College. He became an expert at gathering and trading on insider information.

Noël Forgeard is a French industrialist, and was joint CEO of EADS. Forgeard is married with three daughters and one son. He studied at École Polytechnique (X-Mines).

Kurt Alexander Eichenwald was a writer and investigative reporter at "The New York Times" newspaper until October 2006, when he resigned to become an investigative reporter with Condé Nast's then-forthcoming business magazine, "Portfolio" -- which formally launched with a premier issue in late April 2007. Eichenwald had been employed by the "Times" since 1986 and primarily covered Wall Street and corporate topics such as insider trading, …

Samuel Waksal, the founder of biotech company ImClone Systems Inc., was sentenced on Tuesday to 87 months in prison and ordered to pay $3 million in fines for tax evasion and his role in insider trading . U.S. District Judge William Pauley also ordered Waksal, whose insider trading scheme led to last week's indictment of style-setter Martha Stewart , to pay $1.26 million in restitution . [OUCH. Those are some major fines. --Jen]

Stephen William Vizard, born 6 March 1956 in Richmond, Victoria, is an Australian media personality, businessman and philanthropist.

Martin Siegel was a star investment banker who became embroiled in the insider trading scandals of the 1980s, alongside Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken. He attended Harvard Business School before working at Kidder Peabody and Drexel Burnham Lambert. He was lauded in the banking industry as a leading expert in defensive tactics for avoiding hostile takeovers.

Utpal Bhattacharya is a finance professor at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He is known for his research on market integrity, especially on insider trading. In 2000, his research paper "When an Event is Not an Event" uncovered the rampant insider trading on Mexican stock markets. This led to many questions about the value and the enforceability of insider trading laws.

R. Foster Winans (born August 5 1948) is a former columnist for "The Wall Street Journal" who co-wrote the "Heard on the Street Column" from 1982 to 1984. During a well-publicized crackdown on insider trading that would later snare some of the hottest traders on Wall Street (such as Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky), …

Robert Jordan is a lawyer who served as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Jordan received his A.B. degree from Duke University in 1967, his M.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1971, and his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1974. Jordan was a partner in the Dallas, Texas office of Baker Botts, the law firm of James Baker.

James J. McDermott, Jr. was the former CEO and chairman of Keefe, Bruyette, and Woods. He was arrested and charged with insider trading in December 1999 by federal authorities. He had revealed details about an upcoming merger (in 1997) with his Canadian lover Marylin Star, an adult films actress with whom he was having an adulterous relationship. At the time of his affair he had been living in Briarcliff Manor, New York with his wife and children. He remains married.

Simon Gautier Hannes (born c.1960) was an Australian senior executive of Macquarie Bank convicted of insider trading over call options bought prior to the takeover of TNT (to whom Macquarie was an advisor) by the Dutch postal service (KPN) in 1996. The options were bought in the name of Mark Booth and cost about $90,000. After the takeover bid they were worth over $2 million. Hannes denied he was this Booth, or that he had inside information anyway.

Kim Schmitz aka Kimble (* January 21 1974 in Kiel) is a German self-proclaimed hacker and businessman. In the late 90s Schmitz has gained publicity through his several high profile break-in claims. He was part of the German BBS scene and had his own BBS called "House of Coolness".

Robert W. Jordan is a lawyer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001-03. Jordan received his B.A. degree from Duke University in 1967, his M.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1971, and his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1974. Jordan was a partner in the Dallas, Texas office of Baker Botts, the law firm of James Baker.

John A. Mulheren, Jr. (June 20, 1949 in Red Bank, New Jersey — December 15, 2003 in Rumson, New Jersey) was an American stock and option trader and philanthropist. Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, Mulheren was a Wall Street icon who earned millions in the 1980's. Known for his charismatic personality, Mulheren became a Merrill Lynch managing director at age 25 and later became the chief executive of Bear Wagner Specialists, one of seven NYSE specialist trading firms.

Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel, MD, is a well-known surgeon specialising in facial feminization surgery for transsexual and transgender women. He is based in Boston, MA, USA where he is also head of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in Boston University medical campus.

Vincent John Fuller was an American lawyer best known for defending John Hinckley Jr., Jimmy Hoffa and Mike Tyson. Born in Ossining, New York, Fuller graduated from Williams College in 1952, then served two years as an officer in the United States Navy. He graduated from Georgetown Law School in 1956 and was the second lawyer hired by Edward Bennett Williams at Williams & Connolly in 1967. He successfully defended Don King on income tax evasion charges, …

Allan Ng Poh Meng (born in 1952) is a Singaporean businessman. He was a deputy chairman of United Overseas Bank and the chairman of the Association of Banks in Singapore from 1983 to 1985. He stepped down as UOB's deputy chairman in December 1985.

Thomas J. Donohue is the President and CEO of the United States Chamber of Commerce located in Washington, DC. The US Chamber of Commerce is one of the largest business associations in the world. Before joining the Chamber in 1997, Donohue was the President and CEO of American Trucking Associations for 13 years. The United State Chamber of Commerce is a non-partisan lobbying group that supports pro-business causes.

Mary Doreen Archer, Baroness Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born Mary Doreen Weeden, on 22 December 1944) is a British scientist specialising in solar power conversion. She studied chemistry at St Anne's College, Oxford, and then physical chemistry at Imperial College London, before becoming a lecturer at Cambridge University. From 1988 to 2000 she was Chairman of the National Energy Foundation, which promotes renewable energy.