The Devil Is One Of NYC's Most Powerful People

Filed Under: Anglophilia Anna Wintour Vogue

And by devil we mean Anna Wintour, of course.

The HBIC of Vogue has been dubbed one of the "Power Dozen" in New York City, according to New York Magazine. She's also the only woman on the list.

Really? Out of ALL New York City there's only ONE woman on this list? That's kind of hard to believe.

Anyway, here's what the mag had to say about the city's lone powerful Editor-in-Chief:

Anna Wintour’s significance to the city is larger than her inscrutable “yes” and “no” verdicts to Vogue editors and fashion designers. At an anxious moment for her magazine and the universe it covers, she is the conductor and champion of an industry that employs 175,000 New Yorkers and generates $10 billion a year in wages, probably the only leading figure in any of the city’s signature businesses who holds such singular power. Yes, cerulean blue matters. Wintour develops and promotes designer talent, having assumed the role of headhunter for fashion houses. And with last month’s Bloomberg-sponsored Fashion’s Night Out, Wintour has become an economic advocate for a depressed city. “Up until that point, there was so much excessive influence on the runway experience,” says Simon Doonan, the creative director at Barneys New York. “And Anna stood up and said wait a minute, none of this really means anything unless retail is healthy and happy.”

Also on the list is NYC's mayor Michael Bloomberg who Anna teamed up with to create this year's Fashion Night Out, News Corp's CEO Rupert Murdoch and Al Sharpton (really!?).

Congrats on the title Anna!

By the way how are those budget cuts coming???

[Image via WENN.]