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Haute 100 All.Pdf SPECIAL FEATURE 2016 HAUT E THE MVPS IN TECHNOLOGY, VENTURE CAPITAL, ARTS, FOOD & WINE, BANKING, REAL ESTATE, PHILANTHROPY & SPORTS HERE IS OUR 2016 LIST OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA’S MOST A-LIST 2014 S.F. GIANTS, STEPHEN CURRY PHOTO: GOLDEN WARRIORS, STATE JOE LACOB PHOTO: SABIN ORR, JED YORK PHOTO: COURTESY SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS BILLIONAIRES, PHILANTHROPISTS, POWER COUPLES, ENTREPRENEURS, © ATHLETES AND, OF COURSE, TECH TITANS. THIS IS THE HOME OF SILICON VALLEY, AFTER ALL. BRUCE BOCHY PHOTO: 46 ww CATEGORY: POWER COUPLES FEATURE SPECIAL PAM AND LARRY BAER ROBIN AND MICHELLE BAGGETT SLOAN AND ROGER BARNETT WHAT MAKES THEM HAUTE WHAT MAKES THEM HAUTE WHAT MAKES THEM HAUTE Larry Baer, president and CEO of the San Francisco Robin Baggett, a former general counsel for the Roger and Sloan Barnett were once prominent Giants, possesses a reputation as one of professional Golden State Warriors, and his marketing whiz figures on the young New York social scene; now, - sports’ leading visionaries—not to mention World wife, Michelle Baggett, revolutionized the wine this eco-conscious couple plays a similar role Series rings for 2010, 2012 and 2014. His wife, Pam, industry 10 years ago when they started Alpha in San Francisco. In 2004, Roger, a former Wall founded For Goodness Sake, an e-commerce site and Omega, in Napa Valley’s Rutherford district, based Street financier, paid $310 million for Shaklee pop-up boutique that donates 25 percent of proceeds on an 80 percent direct-to-consumer business Corporation. He’s the chairman and CEO of the from every purchase to charity partners. Together, model. The philanthropic pair support cancer multi-level marketing company known for its they support the San Francisco General Hospital research and are active in Auction Napa Valley, natural nutrition and green cleaning products Foundation, where she is the board’s Emeritus Director. Festival Napa Valley and various other charities. while Sloan lends her environmetal expertise. XOCHI AND MICHAEL BIRCH RICHARD C. BLUM AND DIANNE FEINSTEIN GORDON AND ANN GETTY WHAT MAKES THEM HAUTE WHAT MAKES THEM HAUTE WHAT MAKES THEM HAUTE Michael and Xochi Birch famously sold their social She’s the senator from California; he’s the Gordon Getty is the son of oil tycoon J. Paul networking site Bebo to AOL for $850 million in 2008 investment banker worth millions. Dianne Getty. The classical music composer is one of then five years later, bought it from another party Feinstein, whose current term expires in 2018, has the nation’s leading venture capitalists and for $1 million. Their personal incubator, Monkey been in the Senate since 1992, and served as mayor philanthropists. He is known to have an eye for Inferno, employs about 22 people who are working on of San Francisco for 10 years. Richard C. Blum sound investments, which include the wineries, what could be the next best thing, such as Blab, a live founded Blum Capital in 1975, a highly successful resorts, spas and boutiques of the Plumpjack streaming app that allows four people to meet virtually equity investment management firm of which he Group. He and his wife, Ann, run The Ann and and have a conversation. The couple branched out to is still the chairman. Blum was reappointed to a Gordon Getty Foundation, one of the top 10 hospitality with the 2013 opening of their private club, 12-year term on the University of California Board foundations that awards arts grants in California. The Battery, which features a philanthropy component of Regents by Governor Brown in 2014. He and his The Foundation’s support has also extended to that is raising millions for nonprofits. They are also family purchased half of the historic Claremont the fields of human origins, evolutionary biology, busy restoring a pub and hotel in an English village Hotel Club & Spa in Berkeley, which reopened environmental preservation, dance, art, literature, once mostly owned by Michael’s ancestors. last December after an extensive renovation. education and human and animal welfare. LARRY AND PAM BAER PHOTO: DREW ALTIZER FOR SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION,WINERY, SLOAN AND ROGER ROBIN BARNETT AND MICHELLE PHOTO: DREW BAGGETT ALTIZER PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTO: ALPHA XOCHI OMEGA AND MICHAELANNE FEINSTEIN BIRCH PHOTO: ADAM PHOTO: PRISCAK, DREW ALTIZER PHOTOGRAPHY, RICHARD GORDON C. BLUM AND AND ANN DI GETTY PHOTO: DREW ALTIZER PHOTOGRAPHY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM AND JENNIFER SIEBEL NEWSOMPHOTO: DREW PHOTO: DREW ALTIZER PHOTOGRAPHY, ALTIZER PHOTOGRAPHY, TREVOR NANCY AND AND ALEXIS PAUL PELOSI PHOTO: TRAINA MOANALANI PHOTO: DREW JEFFREY ALTIZER PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY , MARK AND ALISON PINCUS 60.
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