Amy Winter

Who’s the real Cake Boss? That would be Winter, who sits atop all programming decisions at the reality-packed hub. Aside from the network’s lighter fare, the icing on the cake is her sense of storytelling, and her nuanced handling of sensitive issues, which has opened cultural doors in shows such as “All-American Muslim.” An exec after our own heart, Winter offers this advice for a midday re-energizer: “Red Bull and Mike ‘n Ikes.”