2. James Dolan

Forget the money, although Dolan has more than any of us can even dream about. Forget the private jets and helicopters and the 10,000-square-foot Colonial mansion in Oyster Bay where Tiger Woods was rumored to hide out when things went south with Elin. Forget, even, the empire itself which Dolan can call his own: Cablevision, Radio City Music Hall, Clearview Cinemas, Madison Square Garden…the list goes on…and on. Consider only Dolan’s hold on Long Island—think of the flow of information, and his ability to control it. Cablevision provides Internet and cable television access to the majority of Long Island; Cablevision owns News 12 and Newsday—LI’s biggest broadcast and print news sources, respectively. Dolan controls all of it. It may not be a monopoly, but it sure feels like one; in fact, it almost feels like something bigger than that—it almost feels like a monarchy. Remember this, too: If LeBron James comes to the Knicks, it will be James Dolan who woos him, and James Dolan who signs the checks.