13. Stanley M. Bergman

This health-care products and service provider based in Melville is a thriving presence in 24 countries, employing 15,000 people around the globe. From its humble beginnings as a pharmacy in Queens, this company has grown into a Fortune 500 powerhouse with billions of dollars in annual sales. But keeping it true to its roots in the values-based culture that Henry Schein and his wife Esther infused in the business when they started out 80 years ago is today’s chairman and CEO Stanley Bergman, who’s been an integral part of the enterprise for more than two decades. Long Island is lucky to have him and the company he keeps.