Name: Gillian Zucker
Title: President of Business Operations, Clippers
Age: 45
One of two women currently serving as the president or CEO of a major professional sports franchise, Zucker was already a fixture in the L.A. sports scene as the president of the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana for the last nine years. When new Clippers owner Steve Ballmer hired her away in November, she professed her belief that the Clippers are on their way to becoming Los Angeles’ team. Zucker was named one of the five most powerful women in motorsports by FOX during her tenure in charge of the largest speedway on the West Coast.