This year’s CityBusiness Power 50 list covers the whole regional economy. Click here to read the publication. It includes the heads of economic development groups and port authorities, leaders of health systems and community banks, contractors and developers, and the founders of firms in staffing, technology and marketing. Alongside them are auto dealers, a trucking company, a law firm, real estate agents, angel investors, a sugar refiner and the tourism and convention leaders who bring visitors to the city. It also honors the restaurateurs, retailers and makers whose names are well known in New Orleans and beyond. What they all share is influence: the ability to move capital, create jobs and shape decisions that reach well beyond their own organizations. Their work touches nearly every corner of the New Orleans business community. Stay tuned for our next ‘Power’ list in December 2026 that profiles leaders in the local banking and finance industry. Editor Lance Traweek can be reached at [email protected]. ...read more read less