Rick Caruso

Rick Caruso is a Los Angeles real estate developer who has built some of the country's most successful shopping centers. One of those centers, The Grove, gets an average of 49,000 daily visitors -- more than Disneyland.The grandson of Italian immigrants, Caruso opened a retail center in 1992 and has more recently expanded into residential, office and hospitality. He has been pondering a mayoral run for Los Angeles for years.In 2018, Caruso became chairman of the board at USC. He is leading an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations at the campus health center.