The grandson of the Blackstone Group co-founder, billionaire and former US Secretary of Commerce Peter George Peterson and the creator of Sesame Street Joan Ganz Cooney, Peter Cary Peterson starred in a reality show named NYC Prep aged 18 in 2009. He’s since gone on to partake in motorsports and appeared in Twelve with Chace Crawford and 50 Cent in 2012. He once commented: “Everything in New York City is about pulling connections”.