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Power List 2013: DAVID GEFFEN

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Media Mogul, 70

The often private film and music industry mogul was thrust into the spotlight this year with the debut of the PBS documentary American Masters: Inventing David Geffen. But aside from his purchase of a 12,000-square-foot penthouse overlooking Central Park and a $100 million donation to UCLA's medical school, Geffen maintains a low profile.

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