It is now a high-tech, high-design refuge for a client she described as an influential political strategist and philosopher.

Grover Norquist, an influential Republican strategist who started a 527 group called American Resolve, calls these donors "the true believers."

An Atlantic profile published in 2008 concluded that Ruffini "looks poised to become one of the most influential Republican political strategists of his generation."

In his seven years as head of the party, Mr. Ramirez became widely regarded as an influential and highly effective political strategist.

In a major strategic shift, they have removed their most influential Latin American strategists and slimmed down their research and sales operations.

Probably the most influential strategist of the decade was Michael Porter.

Albert Wohlstetter (December 19, 1913 - January 10, 1997) was an influential and controversial nuclear strategist during the Cold War.

The New York Times has described Rosenthal as one of the Democratic Party's "smartest and most influential strategists".

"It's an absolutely complicated situation that gives us all a big headache," said Avraham Shochat, a member of Parliament and influential strategist for Labor.

Abby Joseph Cohen, the influential Goldman, Sachs strategist, was predicting that the overall market would start rebounding in November.