New York City business leaders hoping to tap a mayoral successor in the mold of Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned last year to the one industry they believed could capture the hearts and minds of voters: technology. Among the names that came up, according to several sources, were Kevin Ryan, founder of e-commerce powerhouse Gilt, and Fred Wilson, managing partner of Union Square Ventures—two leaders of a tech scene that was barely on the radar in previous mayoral elections.
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