Are you curious to know which 100 or so maybe-straight bachelors Gotham magazine thinks you should be dating based purely on their level of financial success and superficial physical attractiveness? Well, wonder no more! The issue has yet to come out, but we’ve managed to covertly acquire the top-secret list of eligible (i.e. gay or unmarried) movers and shakers.
And apparently, a few of last year’s men about town are still looking for that special lady! (Repeat offenders include sleazy club owner Richie Akiva and annoying clinger-on/”designer” Jonathan Cheban, plus many, many more!)
Meanwhile, this year the bachelors had to do more than just look pretty and/or rich. They also had to come up with endearing/perfunctory/pithy responses to the question, “How will you know when you’ve found the one?”
A few of the more memorable responses:
Owen Fegan: “I just hope that when I meet her, I’ll be sober enough to realize it, or to recognize her if I ever run into her again.”
James R. Hedges IV: When we touch down in Aspen in ‘The One’s’ GV for a weekend of hiking and some very serious late-night dancing. [Ed: For those of you who don’t know, a “GV” is a jet, meaning Mr. Hedges IV expects his dream girl to have her own.]
Jared Kushner: “I’m sure she’ll tell me.”
The full list of bachelors, in pseudo-alphabetical order, after the jump.
Ari Ackerman, CEO, Bunk1.com
Richie Akiva, Co-owner, Butter
Adam Alpert, Director of Promotions, 10-AK + Butter
David E. Ash, Commercial Real Estate (Henceforth known as RE) broker
Greg Bello, Actor
Darryl Brantley, Contributing Associate for PR, Vanity Fair
Frank Carfaro, owner, Desiron
Stephen Brandman, Co-Owner, Thompson Hotels
Victor Boccarossa, VP of Marketing, John Hardy
Duke Brodsky, CEO, Mack Communications & Entertainment
Jonathan Cheban, Owner of Kritik Clothing
Neil Alumkal, SVP, 5WPR
Sam Bassett, Filmmaker and photographer
Andrew S. Borrok, Chef
Steven Butensky, Dentist
Brandon Victor Dixon, Broadway Performer
Kipton Cronkite, Director, Bank of America
Daniel Frishman, Associate Broker, Besen and Associates
Tim George, Jr., Race-car Driver
Greg R. Goldstein, Attorney
Elad Dror, Director of residential assets, The Moinian Group
Owen Fegan, Photog and senior designer, Wenner Media
Sandy Gallin, Real Estate
Niccolo Carpani Glisenti, President, Monteapoleone LLC
Scott Gomez, Center, NY Rangers
Eric Eim, Guest Relations Manager, Soho House
Seth Fradkoff, Dir of Publicity, Columbia Pictures
Guillaume Gauthereau, CEO, Lalique
Brett Goldstein, Finance
Michael Greenberg, Photographer
Seth Greenberg, President, Sterling Group Management
James R. Hedges IV, President, LJH Global Investments LLC
Will Hooks, Assoc Art Director, Entertainment Weekly
Peter James, Co-owner, Snitch and Roll
Jono, Jono Productions PR
David Gruning, Dir of Comm, Swarovski North America
Adam Heller, RE broker, Prudential Douglas Elliman
Jonathan Isaacs, RE Broker, Core Group Marketing
Glenn Johnson, VP, Evins Communications
Steven M. Kamali, President, Stevens & Co.
Jeff Gut, Director, Ideal Fastener Corp.
Adam Hock, Partner, Hawaiian Tropic Zone
Jeffrey Jah, Co-owner, Double Seven and Inn LW12
Josh Guberman, CEO, Core Development Group
Jesse Keyes, Real Estate Developer / Co-owner La Esquina / Lead Investor, Goldbar
Francky L’Official, Artistic Dir of Francky L’Official Salon
Jonathan Levin, I-banker
Jared Kushner, Owner, NY Observer
Jonathan King, Retired Portfolio Manager
(He doesn’t look to be a day over 30. Retired, natch. I’m in the wrong field.)
Brad Leader, Commercial RE Investor
Michael Lorber, Attorney
Aasif Mandvi, Middle East Correspondent, Daily Show
Matthew Marchak, Dir. of Communications, M Missoni
Andrew Mark Klapper, Plastic Surgeon
Dan Lerner, Owner, Azafran (restaurant)
Christiano Mancini, Director of PR, Roberto Cavalli
Gary Mantoosh, BWR PR
Christian Matteis, President/COO, Halcyon Jets
Dan Mazzarini of Ralph Lauren
Joel McMillan, Ford Model
Sebastian Norena, Dir of Marketing & Operations, Nikki Beach Midtown
Manny Perez, Actor
Scott Rauch, President, SHR & Simmons Jewelry
Aaron McCann, RE Finance, Ackman-Ziff RE Group
Mohsin Memon, Private Eq Asset Manager
Jim Norton, Comedian
Stan Ponte, President, Previews NY for Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy
Kevin Richards, Prez and CEO, Christiania Vodka
Dylan Ratigan, Host, CNBC’s Fast Money
Barry Parasram, Publicist
Spencer Potts, Silver Creek Capital
Quentin Richardson, NY Knicks
Andrew Roden, Account Supervisor, KSL NY
Michael Romer, Owner, Room Service
Adam Sabloff, VP Midtown Equities
Trevor Scotland, COO, NYC Media Group
Matt Shendell, Owner, Paige Restaurant Group
Steve Santagati, NYT Best-selling author
Louis Sarmiento, Assoc. Publisher, The Fashion Mini
Mark Selden, Prez, CD Inc.
Ryan Shinman, Prez, Platinum Rye Entertainment
David Rodolitz, Owner, Impulse Productions
Robert Ronen, Sales Director, Audemars Piguet
Omar Sattar, I-banker
Ajmal Sheikh, I-banker
Adrian Sosa, Market Manager, Bacardi USA
Cator Sparks, Freelance Writer
Wayne Winnick, Doctor, NYC Marathon and the Mets
Yan Trokel, Cosmetic Surgeon
Anshuman Vohra, Official Top Dog, Bulldog Gin
Harris N. Williams, Managing Dir., Ripplewood Holdings
Jesse Parker Stowell, Senior AE, Full Picture
Noah Tepperberg, Cofounder and Partner, Strategic Group (Ditto for Jason Strauss, below)
Kilian Van Rensselaer, Exec. Dir. of Nat’l Marketing, AT&T Mobility
Robin Tang, President, Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, Class of 2009 ( A verbose way of saying: med student)
Jason Strauss, (See Noah Tepperberg, above)
Ronn Torossian, CEO and President, 5WPR
Joseph Varet, CEO, LX.TV
Joseph Weilgus, Prez, Geller Holdings
Ken Wyse, President of Licensing & PR
No. 1
Samantha says:
Sad list… is that the best that NYC has to offer? What is the NYC female population to do??? answer…. look for love elsewhere….
Most of these guys are assholes…
not good husband material… long term…
maybe good for gold diggers….
it’s a list of new money dick heads!
what gay bitch put this list together?
and what were the pay-offs????
WHO CARES….
no one!
Move out of NYC if you want to find the right guy ladies… THAT’S THE TRUTH!
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 11:30 am
No. 2
mel says:
Why would aaron mc caan (a bartender, who has a 10 year old kid in kansas, a high school drop out who might have the lowest IQ in NYC) make this list? he could quite possibly be the least desirable man in nyc.
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 3:41 pm
No. 3
Aaron McCann says:
My kid’s 11, get your facts straight! and my IQ???s not that low ??? come on??? 😉
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 4:38 pm
No. 4
Lisi says:
Didn’t Noah Tepperberg and Jason Strauss get married? (Not to each other, obviously!)
And what is up with all of the club owners? And publicists? Come on!! Put some actual guys in the mix, ones that don’t advertise in the magazine…
Posted: Oct 6, 2007 at 3:40 pm
No. 5
Jolie Z. says:
@Samantha: True, not all of these guys are marriage material – didn’t Ronn just get divorced? – but some of them seem nice.
Posted: Oct 6, 2007 at 3:46 pm
No. 6
Brigitte says:
@Mel and Aaron McCann: Wow, guys. What happened between the two of you to make Mel hate ya so much? 😉 Are you the love ‘em and leave ‘em type, Aaron?
Posted: Oct 6, 2007 at 3:48 pm
No. 7
Brigitte says:
OMG!!! You know what Jossip should do? In response to this list of d-bags and nice guys, Jossip should have a “Bachelorette Day” or something like that. Come up with your own list of 100 eligible women! How awesome would that be???
(But if you put {Paris Hilton or someone like that in, there will be a huge boycott…)
Posted: Oct 6, 2007 at 3:56 pm
No. 8
Frank Catalanotto says:
How about some real men who enjoy taking it up inside them
Posted: Oct 8, 2007 at 8:07 am
No. 9
Tim says:
Hey people, I am going to stand up for myself here- and can’t comment on the other 99 bachelors. But I resent the fact that some of you are hating on this months top 100 Bachelors from Gotham. I am a hot ticket for a lucky woman- I have the right mindset to heat things up and attract, and the physical edge to keep her interested. I have my s#*t together, so don’t trash the WHOLE list.
Posted: Oct 9, 2007 at 2:33 pm
No. 10
Mira says:
@Tim: I CAN comment for at least 20 of the other bachelors, and you’re right. Some I’ve met through work and some are friends of friends, but all are perfectly nice.
What people take issue with, I think, is the fact that there are definitely some people who are on that list for political reasons. Which is a shame because it’s a small minority and their presence truly undermines the rest of the fabulous choices…
Posted: Oct 9, 2007 at 11:03 pm