Its annual "Next Gen" special issue and event honors 35 up-and-coming executives in entertainment that are 35 years or younger.

An up-and-coming executive with SunTrust Bank in Orlando, she went through several years of failed fertility treatments before adopting a child five years ago.

In today's world the up-and-coming executive is supposed to aspire to the leisure life.

Started in 1990, the plan was intended to increase the ownership stakes of up-and-coming executives like Mr. Schwartz and Mr. Spector.

He said Newmark was dealing with the tricky issue of family ownership - the company's principal owner is the Gural family - by extending partnerships to up-and-coming executives.

"Worth twice as much to me now," boasted Bill Wilson, formerly an up-and-coming executive with the damnpowercompany.

In 2000, Doron Kempel was an up-and-coming young executive at EMC, the data storage company.

"But there is a disparate view from young and up-and-coming executives, who want to be more than a passive bystander."

In 1993, she was cited by Ebony Magazine as one of the top up-and-coming black executives in the entertainment industry.

Most coaches are hired by businesses to help up-and-coming executives or those who have arrived but still lack that certain je ne sais quoi.