Inside The Annual Summer Camp For Billionaires In Sun Valley, Idaho
(Updated 7/12/23) The beautiful mountain resort town of Sun Valley, Idaho, will again be overwhelmed with private jets, bodyguards, and entourages, as the world's wealthiest attend the 40th annual media finance conference hosted and funded by private investment firm Allen & Company. Residents of Sun Valley are used to all of the excitement and welcome the influx of money it provides to the area.
The annual mogul event takes place July 12-14 at the historic Sun Valley Lodge.
Among the bold-faced names attending are:
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg
Warner Bros. Discovery honcho David Zaslav
Paramount Global chair Shari Redstone
Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Apple head Tim Cook
Microsoft founder Bill Gates
Disney’s Bob Iger
Also invited are Lawrence Summers, Hank Paulson, former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, former CIA chief David Petraeus, Warren Buffett, former American Express chief Kenneth Chenault, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Annox Capital’s Bob Myeloid, and Facebook investor Peter Thiel.
Media headliners include New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, CBS hosts Gayle King and David Begnaud, CNN’s Van Jones and Erin Burnett, The Washington Post’s David Ignatius, The Free Press’ Bari Weiss, and possibly Oprah Winfrey. Studio execs include Netflix head Reed Hastings, Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, Casey Wasserman, Bobby Kotick, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. They will likely join industry vets CAA head Bryan Lourd, producer Brian Grazer, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Disney chairman Dana Walden. However, don’t expect to see Elon Musk or the Murdoch’s attend this year.
Some of the most powerful sports figures have been invited, including MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell
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