WAYNE RATKOVICH

Founder, Chairman Ratkovich Co.

Ratkovich is the founder and chairman of Ratkovich Co. He left his longtime role as chief executive of the company, after more than 40 years, last year. Ratkovich began his career as a developer in 1972 working on projects such as the Alhambra, the Hercules Campus, the Bloc and 5900 Wilshire. One of the company’s biggest projects in the works now is West Harbor, a 42-acre retail center in San Pedro which will have a 6,200-seat amphitheater. Ratkovich is working on projects with Homeboy Industries, California Hospital Medical Center and the Jonathan Club. He is a life trustee of the Urban Land Institute.