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CELEBRATING THE CITY’S YOUNG OVER-ACHIEVERS or a town that could soon overtake New York as “The City That Never Sleeps,”Washington Life’s invitation-only Young and The Guest List at Carnegie Library in mid-December was one for the books, serving as an appropriate bookend for an epic social year. WL’s eighth-annual YGL soirée fêted the city’s most energetic over-achievers aged 40 and under, and brought to the forefront how the nation’s wealthiest metropolitan area is being driven by the intellectual firepower and creativity of young, ambitious men and women. Indeed, the U.S. Census Bureau recently calculated more millionaires under the age of 40 here than in any other part of the country. Washington continues to be a hub of creative energy, technological growth, artisitic spirit, social change and dynamic business ventures. As the city becomes more vibrant with each new crop of movers and shakers, deciding whom to include becomes an ever-more daunting task.With 330 formidable young men and women on the 2013 list — a record number by YGL accounting — the roster included 217 business leaders and entrepreneurs, 42 White House and Capitol Hill staff, 29 media professionals, 18 artists, six restaurateurs, eight athletes, five diplomats and 10 members of Congress. More than 800 guests attended our marquee event, with serious-minded White House policy makers mixing it up with entrepreneurs, musicians, social activists and mixologists.There were two surprise guests, as Washington Capitals team captain Alex Ovechkin and his fiancée Russian tennis star Maria Kirilenko made a brief appearance and then departed before many of the guests had arrived.The earliest arrivals were rewarded with the opportunity to have their photo snapped in front of the step-and-repeat with “Ovi,” as he’s affectionately known around town, and his future wife. For the fifth year in a row,YGL was under the ingenious power of Andre Wells, one of the nation’s most sought-after event planners, who gave us some lavish surprises this year. To reinforce the idea of Washington as the new “Creative Capital,”WL collaborated with renowned
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