Her husband works in manufacturing — a core source of support for Mr. Trump, and an industry that has experienced a rebound since he took office.
"Unfortunately, there was very little available at the time for a child like mine," Mrs. Consentino said, explaining why she and her husband, Paul, eventually began manufacturing toys for handicapped children.
Ramona buys excess inventory and resells it to discount stores, her husband runs a family business — manufacturing religious items — and they have a large estate on the water in Southampton.
Ms. Hickey, a regional consulting manager for Hyperion Solutions in Stamford, and her husband, Charles, who works in manufacturing operations at Sikorsky in Stratford, adopted their own children, Kolya, 4, and Katya, 2, through Cradle of Hope.
Her husband, a manufacturing supervisor, missed 20 days of work.
The payments on their house already devoured most of her husband's manufacturing salary.
Cheung handles much of the strategizing at the company, her husband is the CEO and focuses on manufacturing technology and international development and Zhang Cheng Fei (Cheung's brother, who ranks No. 17 on this year's list) is involved in general management.
In 1955, the theater was a 24th anniversary gift to Miss Lortel from her husband, Louis Schweitzer, a chemical engineer who made his fortune manufacturing cigarette papers.
"My husband Adam and his college roommates had a business manufacturing snow skis," Christy explained.
Since her husband's death, Rosenberg, a resident of Los Angeles, has begun manufacturing and producing UV-protective hats and umbrellas.
